South Indian Masala Dosa Recipe – Tamil nadu Style Masala Dosa

• Potato – 2 nos (medium)
• Big onion – 1 no ( finely chopped)
• Green chilli – 1 no (long, finely chopped)
• Ginger – 1/2 inch piece
• Grated carrot – 2-3 tbsp
• Curry leaves – few
• Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
• Water – very little
• Salt – as needed
• Coriander leaves – to garnish

To temper

• Cooking oil – 1 tbsp
• Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
• Urad dal – 1 tsp
• Chana dal – 2 tsp
• Asafetida/Hing – a pinch

To make dosa

• Idli,dosa batter – as needed
• Water – little
• Cooking oil – to drizzle

• Wash and pressure cook potatoes. Peel the skin and mash it well.

• Heat oil in a kadai.Splutter mustard,urad dal and chana dal.Saute till dals turn golden brown.Add the finely chopped onions,grated carrot,green chilli and ginger.Add curry leaves.Saute everything well.

• Lastly add the mashed potato,salt,turmeric powder and hing.Mix them well and add very little water say 3-4 tbsp.Mix well and let it become a whole mass.Garnish with coriander leaves and remove.

• Take the required idli batter in a bowl. Add little water and make it slightly thin if the batter is too thick.Heat a dosa pan and spread a ladleful of batter.Cook in high flame for few seconds.You will see the bottom of dosa turning golden brown.At that time,drizzle a tsp of oil all over the dosa and keep some potato filling in the middle of dosa.No need to flip the dosa.Just fold the dosa and serve hot with chutney & sambar.

Enjoy !

• Adding grated carrot is optional.In some hotels ,they add boiled peas along with potato instead of carrot.
• You can drizzle some ghee instead of cooking oil all over the dosa.
• You can fold the dosa like a triangle to attract your kids.