This recipe is from my friend Poornima. I have posted many of her recipes here so far. She is one of the most important source of Kannada recipes for me. Few days back I called her and she gave me many recipes and this is one of them.
Pumpkin is called Kumbalkayi in Kannada. This is a spicy idli . I prepared this few days back and absolutely loved it. The Konkani version of pumpkin idli ( dudde kadamb ) is sweet in taste.
Ingredients: 1 cup idli rava (rice sooji ) 1 tbl spn chana daal 1 tbl spn moong daal 3/4 cup grated pumpkin 1/2 cup chopped onion 4-5 green chilies 2-3 strands coriander leaves 1/4 cup coconut Salt
Increase or decrease the amount of daal according to taste.
Method: Soak idli rava in water. Soak daals seperately for around 4 hrs(I soaked them overnight). Mix rava, daals , onions, pumpkin, green chilies, coriander leaves, coconut and salt. Keep the mixture in idli stand and steam for around 12-15mins (According to original method given by my friend, make small balls of the mixture and steam them).
Serve hot.
Serves : 2-3 Preparation time : 20mins
This is again a recipe from Old Kannada weekly (“ Tharanga “). It has some 50+ dosa recipes. I love these recipes because these all dosas are very simple and always turn out well.
May be it is called “ Masti (fun) dosa ” because it is lot of fun to make these dosas(??). The main ingredient of this are rice(any normal rice) and flattened rice( poha ), so these can be made paper thin. You can take them out from tava very easily. These are fried from only one side. In all, making of the dosa as well as eating them is lot of fun :D.
Another version of Mushti dosa can be seen at Ashwini’s blog .
Ingredients: 2 cups rice 1 cup poha(avalakki) 2 tbl spn urad daal 1/2 tea spn methi(fenugreek) seeds 1/2 cup coconut(fresh or frozen) Oil Salt
Method: Soak rice and daals in water for around 2-3hrs. Grind it with coconut. Add soaked poha and grind to a very smooth paste. Mix salt and keep it overnight for fermentation. Next day, make dosas . Fry these dosas from only one side. Serve hot with any chutney .
Serves : 4-5 Preparation time : 15mins
