Indian Breakfast - Dosa - Coconut chutney

The breakfast of South Indians will normally be either idli with chutney, dosa with chutney or sambar, ven pongal or uppuma. Some also include ulundu vada ( methu vada ) in their regular breakfast like 2 idli, 1 vada or 2 dosa with 1 vada. Their breakfast is completed or gets perfect with a cup of tea.





Dosa recipe



Ingredients

raw rice 1 cup

urad dal 1/4 cup

fenugreek  - 1/2 teaspoon

Method

Soak the above atleast for 5 hours and grind it to make batter. Allow the batter to ferment with enough salt.

Then pour the batter in dosa pan to make dosa with little oil. The thinner the batter is spread in pan you will get crispier dosa.

Chutney recipe



Ingredients

grated coconut - 200 gm

channa dal - 50 gm

red chilli - 1

ginger - a small bit

salt to taste

mustard seeds - 1/2teaspoon

curry leaves

asafoetids a pinch

oil - 1 teaspoon



Method



Grind coconut, channa dal, red chilli, ginger to a fine paste. Heat oil in tava. Spurt mustard seeds, curry leaves, asafoetida and pour it in paste. Add enough salt and mix well. Chutney is ready. The red chilli can be replaced by green chilli also and ginger can also be replaced by garlic.