Ghee Roast Dosa with Tomato Chutney

Ghee Roast is crispy dosa that is found in most South Indian Restaurants. Tomato chutney makes a perfect accompaniment to this ultra crisp entree.


Ingredients:

Dosa

1 cup raw rice
1 cup par boiled rice
1/2 cup urad dal
5-10 methi/fenugreek seeds
1/2 cup ghee
2 tsp salt

Tomato Chutney

2 Large tomatoes
1/2 onion
1 tsp turmeric powder
1/2tsp hing/asofetida
1 tsp red chili powder
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp urad dal
1 tsp oil

Method:

Dosa:

Preparing Batter:

- Soak the rice together, urad dal and methi seeds separately for at least 2 hrs
- Grind the rice with as much water needed and urad dal and methi with as littke water needed.
- Mix the above two batter along with 2 tsp salt
- Preheat the oven to 170DegF
- Keep the batter in oven for 10min covered
- Leave the batter overnight

Making Dosas:

- Heat a round pan
- Pour 2 ladles of batter and turn into round shape
- Pour little ghee on the side and the middle
- When the side on the pan has turned brown, flip to the other side
- Apply ghee on the brown side
- In 2-3 min flip back with brown side down
- This makes really crispy dosa

Tomato Chutney

- Chop tomatoes to small pieces
- Cut onions lengthwise
- Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds
- After Mustard seeds splutter, add urad dal
- When urad dal turns brown, add hing, turmeric and chili powder
- Add the oinion and wait till its translucent
- Add the chopped tomatoes
- Add salt and cover the pan
- Let it cook for 10-15min until the tomatoes are completely cooked.

Serve with Dosa.

Note: You can make dosas same day of grinding but they will not have the fermented taste.