Veg Masal Stuffed Red Rice Dosa

Masal Dosa is everyone's favorite, and yes there are varieties too, this one here is really simple to make, the same old masal dosa with a vege twist. Wana try??

Veg Masal Stuffed Red Rice dosa

Ingredients for Dosa (serves for 2 to 3 members)
Idly Rice - 1/2 cup ( pulungal rice)

Red or Brown Rice - 1/2 cup

Whole urad dhal(black gram) - 1/4 cup

Wheat Aval (Poha) - 1/4 cup (If not available use any type of Aval)

Fenugreek seeds - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

(Maintain proportion of rice, urad dal and aval as 4:1:1)

Method of preparation

Soak all the above ingredients in water for 5 to 6 hours (Water level must be 2 inches above the ingredients) and grind the mixture to the dosa batter consistency.

Keep the dough overnight or 8 hours to ferment.

Now the dough is ready to make dosa. Before making dosa check the salt in dough. To get more taste spread dosa in thin layer.

After 3/4^th roasting has happened on both sides spread the masal in one half of the dosa (on the dosa tava) and fold.

Now spread one teaspoon ghee or butter on dosa and roast both sides for few more seconds. Now the masal dosa is ready to serve. It is to be served hot otherwise it might become soggy.

Side dish preferable

Coconut chutney

Masal preparation method

Ingredients for Masal

Finley chopped big onion – 1(large)

Chopped Tomato - 1 (large)

Ginger - 1 inch piece (grated)

Chopped boiled vegetables, slightly mashed

(Carrot – 1,beans – 4, Cabbage - 2 leaves, Potato - 1, Beetroot - ½, frozen green peas - 1 handful, sweet corn - 1 handful, Broccoli flowerets as per taste (Optional - according to availability at the time of cooking)

Turmeric powder - 1 pinch

Salt to taste

For the seasoning

Cooking Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds -1 tsp

Urad dhal -1 tsp

Slit Green chilies - 4
Curry leaves - 1 bunch

Asafoetida - 1 pinch 

Method of preparation

In a Frying pan put 1 tsp of oil and fry the masala ingredients listed for seasoning.

Add the remaining oil and fry the onion pieces with little salt to golden brown.

Add grated Ginger and fry for a minute.

Add the chopped Tomato and turmeric powder, sauté for a minute

Now add the slightly mashed vegetables along with salt and sauté for few minutes so that all the ingredients mix to form masal consistency.

Lastly add chopped coriander if preferred.

Now the masal is ready to spread.

Don’t add water, spreading the masal on dosa will be a problem.