Spinach Dosa Recipe | Palak Dosa
Please watch the video for detailed instructions , to know the consistency of the batter and tips:
Ingredients
- big bunch / 2 big handful of palak / spinach ( clean wash and keep it ready)
- 1.5 cup rice dosa rice or any regular rice is ok
- 2 tbsp Chana dal / Split bengal gram
- 3 tbsp urad dal /split black gram
- around 10 green chillies more or less
- 1 tbsp coriander seeds/ dhania
- 1 tsp jeera cumin seeds
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 cup grated coconut optional
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- 1 onion optional
- 1/8 tsp hing
- 2 tbsp Jaggery
- 1.5 tsp salt or salt to taste
- in Small lemon size Tamarind wash and soakwater
- Oil to make the dose
Instructions
- Wash rice and dals thoroughly and soak it with 2 cups of water for minimum 4 hours clean and Wash the spinach , keep it ready
- Wash rice and dals thoroughly and soak it with 2 cups of water for minimum 4 hours
- Transfer around 3/4 cup water from the soaked dals, Grind the soaked rice and dals along with jaggery, green chillies, coriander seeds, jeera/cumin seeds, pepper and coconut to a fine batter. add water if needed. Then add grated ginger and grind it .
- Transfer the batter to a big pan. let the consistency be as shown in the video
- Squeeze the tamarind and add the tamarind extract to the batter
- Finely chop onion and spinach.( i used a food processor to chop them)
- Add chopped onion and spinach, salt and hing to the batter and mix it really well.
- Consistency of the final batter is
To make the Palak Dosa:
- Grease and heat the tava on medium high heat
- Once the tava is hot, take a ladle full of batter, pour it in the center and spread it in circular motion
- Put 1 tsp of oil on the dosa and cover it and cook it
- After 1/2 a minute or so remove the lid and flip the dosa and cook it
- Dosa is ready to serve.
- Repeat the same procedure with the remaining batter,( grease the tava only if needed)
