cheese masala dosa

Serves 4 to 5 people
To all my readers,


For my readers i have come up with another south indian dish. Very popular cheese masala dosa is available on the streets of indian city as well as in popular restaurants. Though born in gujarati family my mother used to cook different states food for us at home. Her talent and love for cooking and respect for different culture food inspired me as well to try with different dishes. Dosa are very common in south india and i love to try different varieties of dosa. Today in this blog will share recipe of cheese masala dosa, with the promise to share recipe of new varities of dosa in near future. Earlier in my blog i shared recipe of green moong dal dosa, here in this recipe urad dal is used along with rice. For more details on ingredients below is the list :


Ingredients for dosa:


1 cup urad dal
3 cup rice


Ingredients for masala:
2 chopped potatoes
2 chopped onions
2tbs channa dal
2tbs red chilli powder
1tbs turmeric powder
2tbs coriander powder
1tbs salt
10piece of golden raisins (kishmish)
10 pieces of cashew nut ( kaju)
50 gms cheese
1tbs black mustard seeds
Cooking oil


How to:

1. Soak urad dal and rice overnight or atleast 8 hours before cooking. Grind them in food processor and leave the bater at room temperature for atleast 6 hours.
2. For masala heat oil in pan and add black mustard seeds. When it starts crackling add chopped potatoes and onions and channa dal.
3. Add all the spice, red chilli powder, turmeric and coriander powder,salt and dry fruits.
4. Stir it well and add little water and let it cook for 15 min. The masala is ready.
5. For dosa add salt and adequate water to the bater to make it thin .
6. For dosa shell spread the bater on the pan in round shape to make it thin.
7. Cook on both the side. Apply coriander chutney if want to.
8. Put the masala on it like shown in the photo above then garnish it with grated cheese.
9. Close the dosa shell from both the sides and serve it hot.

Serve the masala dosa with sambhar or coconut chutney and corinander chutney.  The above recipe can make 8 to 10 masala dosas.

Panchkuti dal

Dear Readers,


Lentils are very nutritional and have important place in the indian vegetarian diet. They are rich in proteins. Indians have it during lunch, as soup and also dinner. Lentils are known as Dals in india, and Panchkuti dal is a mix of 5 different dals namely tuvar dal, yellow moong dal , green moong dal, urad dal, channa dal and last but not the least mysore dal. One can choose dal of their own for the different combination. I like to innovate with different dal at home and have cooked this often at home. Liked by all of us and easy to cook thought of sharing the recipe.

Ingredients:-


1/2 cup each of dal ( tuvar, yellow moong, green moong, urad, channa and mysore)
2tbs ginger and green chilli paste
1 chopped tomato
7 to 8 neem leaves
1tbs each of red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and salt.
1tbs of lemon juice.
Coriander leaves for garnishing.


For tempering:-
1tbs cumin seeds
2tbs cooking oil
3 to 4 cloves (laving)
1/4tbs fenugreek seeds ( methi seeds)
1/4tbs asafoetida (hing)

Preparation:-

1. Boil all the dals in pressure cooker and grind them .
2. Add adequate water to make the mixture of dal thin and cook for 2min.
3. Add ginger and green chilli paste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and coriander powder.
4. Add chopped tomato along with salt and lemon juice.
5. Stir it well and cook for next 6 to 8 min.
6. For tempering heat the cooking oil and add the cumin seeds to it. 
7. When cumin seeds starts crackling add the cloves and fenugreek seeds , Asafoetida (hing) and pour into the mixture of dal which is already cooking.
8. Stir well and cook for next 1 min and garnish it with coriander leaves.

Panchkuti dal (mixture of 5dal) is ready to serve hot. Have it with rice or pulav.