Name: Thavala Dosai recipe by Neeru Srikanth at BetterButter
Prep time: 120 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 150 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: For the Thavala Dosa powder:; Raw Rice : 1 cup; Boiled rice : 1 cup; Bengal Gram Dhal/Kadalai Paruppu – 1/3 cup; Toor Dhal – 1/3 cup; Urad dhal – 1/3 cup; Fenugreek seeds - 3 tsp; Pepper – 1.5 tsp; cumin seeds – 1.5 tsp; For the actual dosa; Thavala Dosa Powder – 2.5 cups (yielded from above measurements); sesame oil – 3tsp (For temper); Musturd – 1 tsp; Bengal gram – 1.5 tsp; Urad dhal – 1.5 tsp; Hing powder - A generous pinch; Mor Milagai (Salted Curd Chillies) – 4; Curry leaves - few; Sour Curd – 1 cup; Water – as needed; Salt to taste.; Fresh coconut - 1 cup; Oil for making dosa - 10 tsp

ABOUT Thavala Dosai RECIPE

Thavala Dosai is a heirloom recipe in Tamil Nadu. This recipe is a dosa cooked with a coarse powder made out of Raw Rice, Boiled rice, Bengal Gram Dhal/Kadalai Paruppu, Toor Dhal, Urad dhal, Methi, Pepper, & Jeera. The powder is marinated in yogurt and tempered fresh coconut for 2 hours. After marination, the batter is poured into a kadai similar to appam kadai and cooked on a low flame. This recipe is absolutely yummy!!

Ingredients Serving: 5

For the Thavala Dosa powder:
Raw Rice : 1 cup
Boiled rice : 1 cup
Bengal Gram Dhal/Kadalai Paruppu – 1/3 cup
Toor Dhal – 1/3 cup
Urad dhal – 1/3 cup
Fenugreek seeds - 3 tsp
Pepper – 1.5 tsp
cumin seeds – 1.5 tsp
For the actual dosa
Thavala Dosa Powder – 2.5 cups (yielded from above measurements)
sesame oil – 3tsp (For temper)
Musturd – 1 tsp
Bengal gram – 1.5 tsp
Urad dhal – 1.5 tsp
Hing powder - A generous pinch
Mor Milagai (Salted Curd Chillies) – 4
Curry leaves - few
Sour Curd – 1 cup
Water – as needed
Salt to taste.
Fresh coconut - 1 cup
Oil for making dosa - 10 tsp

Instructions

Grind the items mentioned under “For the thavala dosa powder” - Raw Rice , Boiled rice, bengal gram, toor dhal, urad dhal, fenugreek seeds, pepper, cumin seeds in a mixie as a coarse powder.
To make the thavala dosa batter, Mix the thavala dosa powder with sour curd , water and salt to a dosa batter consistency.
Take a pan and temper with sesame oil in the following order hing, mustard, urad dhal, Bengal gram dhal, sour curd chili's and curry leaves.
Once they are fried , transfer them to the dosa batter and add fresh coconut.
Let this marinate for a minimum of 2 hours.
After 2 hours, check the consistency of the batter and add water if necessary so that it would pour easily.
Take an iron kadai or appam kadai and make it hot.
Add oil and pour the batter and make it like a dosa (or appam) shape.
Cover it for 3 minutes with a lid. You make keep checking in between if it is cooked.
Flip around and cook for another 3 minutes
Serve hot with a chutney.

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