Name: Lady Finger Dosa ( okra dosa ) recipe by Radha Natarajan at BetterButter
Prep time: 300 min
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 303 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 cup raw rice; 1 cup par boiled rice; 2 green chillis; small piece of ginger.; Pinch of Asafoetida powder; salt to taste; 1 cup chopped fresh tender okras/ladies fingers.; Sprigs of curry leaves or Coriander leaves.

ABOUT Lady Finger Dosa ( okra dosa ) RECIPE

Okra Dosa is a boon to many who do not have udad dal, or who need a quick dosa, who find it difficult to ferment dosa batter on account of weather condition. Usually people in colder regions will find this a healthy welcome addition to the weekly menu.

Instructions

Soak the rice and dals together for 3 hours minimum.
After sufficient soaking time, grind the dals with salt, ginger,aafoetida powder.
When the rice and dals are almost ground to a smooth thick batter, add the okras to the batter and continue grinding till the batter is smooth and thick, will not take long.
Remove batter from the grinder/mixie and mix well, the batter will appear thick,pasty, gooey
Dont get alarmed as the okras are mucilaginous, it renders the batter pasty.
when you start making the dosas by ladling the scoop of batter on the griddle, it becomes easy to make the swirls like normal dosa.
Keep the batter to ferment either overnight or for 4 hours .I usually choose to do this dosa during the day , grind by afternoon, and have dosas by late evening as the batter doesn’t need the usual long overnight hours of fermentation.
After fermentation , you can prepare the dosa like the usual ones. Take the thick slightly pasty batter in a scoop and first plop it in the middle of the hot greased griddle, preferably a non stick dosa pan
You should continuously make the circles, without leaving the pan and in one quick move.
This dosa is also very easy to remove, flip over. Serve hot with your choice of chutneys or sambar

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