Rava Dosa

Ingredients

• Ravai /semolina – 1/2 cup
• Rice flour – 1/2 cup
• All purpose flour/maida –1/4 cup
• Water - 3 cups
• Green Chillies - 1 finely chopped
• Ginger – 1 inch piece
• coconut 1 small piece - finely chopped (optional)
• Cumin seeds –1 tsp
• Salt as required
• oil or Ghee - 2tbsp
• Butter milk - 1/2 cup

For Seasoning

• Mustard – 1/2 tsp
• Asafoetida – a generous pinch
• Curry leaves- a little
• Cashew nuts - 5 nos( broken )
• onion - 1/2 medium ( optional)
• Whole black pepper – 1 tsp

Method

1. Soak semolina or Rava in a little buttermilk for 1 hour.
2. Then mix rice flour, maida and water with it. The batter should be thin and watery.
3. Add finely chopped ginger, chopped coconut,finely chopped chillies, cumin seeds, and salt.
4. Heat a tsp of oil, add the ingredients for seasoning,saute till onion become light brown in colour and pour it over the batter.
5. Heat a tawa, let it get hot. smear oil. Take a ladleful of rava batter and pour on the tawa in a circular movement. Spread it as a regular dosa, once the batter is poured as a circle. We will not be able to spread this as the regular dosa. Sprinkle oil or ghee. I personally would suggest ghee as it elevates the taste!. Once its cooked on the bottom, flip it to the other side.
6. The batter should be really thin, the moment the batter touches the hot pan, pores will be formed. That way you know you have the right consistency. Cook on both sides and serve with coconut chutney!
7. I even tried sprinkling the batter on the tawa, but it didn't really come out well. My regular way of pouring the batter in circles, worked out fine. Rava Dosa was really thin and crispy.