"Mooga Dali- Ukdo Tandla Polo (Green Gram Dal- White Boiled Rice Dosa)" served with Coconut Coriander Mint Chutney, Veg. Kochla Nonche (Pickle), Loni (Butter) and Adraki Chai (Ginger Tea) ... yesterdays Idly batter in new Avtaar today/ carried forward to prepare thick textured, soft, delicious dosas ... remember I had mentioned the batter is a three day saaga in my home, 2 down one more to go ... enjoying the break of daily routine as much as possible ... Yummilicious .....
** This dosa is prepared out of the same batter which I just posted a day back that of Idly. I would like to mention a few things about carrying forward of batters to prepare dishes using the same batter in different ways without wasting food.
** First and foremost I would like to mention here that it is always best to not prepare any food be it cooked or batter in excess to avoid wastage. Freshly prepared food is the best to consume always, but having said that food should never be wasted too, so either either recycle it to make different dishes or give it away in time.
** There is always a dilemma in my home about food about the leftover or excess food. When the family members are only 2 it is very difficult to cook dishes like curry or dosa/ idly batters just that much how much is needed and there is always the case of carrying forward of the same and I never hesitate to do so as I give food on my plate highest respect.
** Most of the time, I prepare Idlies using Idly rawa, a coarse thick rava textured rice easily available in the market which goes very well in case of Idly or Oondi helping cut down on soaking, grinding work. All you need to do is soak it for about 30 minutes and mix it with Urad soaked and ground and allow to ferment, easy, Isn’t it, well I always follow that.
** The above said method of preparation of Idly gives spongy textured Idly, Ramdan (tatte Idly/ large Idly) and seasoned doddaka (using deep pan) but does not work well for dosa or appos which is what I personally have not like, maybe there are people out there who prefer that. As the rice is ground coarse it gives issue to cooking dosa or appos.
** That is the very reason I never venture into preparation of dosa with Idly batter to which Idly rava has been added. When the rice is ground into thicker texture or if you add idly rava the batter is of not the correct consistency for dosa, as for dosa you need a smooth batter that spreads well into a nice round circle on hot tava, which will not be the case.
** However, in southernmost parts of India and elsewhere too some people grind the batter smooth for Idly, which serves the purpose of preparing dosa too. You gain knowledge when you speak to people. Mom never prepared smooth batter so I always thought idly batter consistency was kept coarser and never bothered to know much.
** I was surprised to see the quantity of batter my frd. Ground one day when I happened to be in her home. On querring she told me it was for idly, dosa, uttappa etc. all together and I was totally zapped as in my home we keep different texture for the mentioned items, in fact I still do as I cannot adapt to the taste or lets say outcome of those and follow mom’s method.
** This is the first time in 3 decades of my takeover of kitchen that I am preparing a Idly out of smooth batter, though I must mention here that I did keep it Bombay rava textured and not a very smooth paste. I prepared Idly first day that turned out soft and spongy and dosa today. I still have some batter of which I may prepare something else or just finish off with dosa.
** As I have already written the dosa batter method, I will not repeat the same again but share the previous link here, plz. do excuse and browse through the same. Do try this one out and enjoy with family and friends with any chutney or curry of your choice.
** I am sure all of you know to prepare dosa, but still I am sharing a common link to dosa posts below, you may check it out as there are plenty of pictures of preparation method. Just remember that this dosa is fried on both sides, so one cooked on one side flip it over and cook on both sides and serve with any side dish of your choice.
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