Rava Dosai

Though this is a common dosai, the following method, gives a typical taste we would experience in hotels, which is crispy and tasty....

Ingredients (for 2 people / 12 dosas)

Maida - 1 cup
Rava - 1/2 cup
Rice flour - 2 spoons
Jeeragam - Cumin seeds - 2 spoons
Pepper - very coarsely ground, almost half cut
Ginger - grated - 2 spoons
Curry Leaves - 1 strand - chopped well
Onion - 1 cup / 1 big onion
Mustard - 1/4 spoon
Urad Dhal - 1 spoon
Toor Dhal - 1 sppon
Coriander leaves - Chopped - Optional
Salt to taste
Oil - to toast
Water to mix

Preparation
1. Mix Maida, rava, rice flour with water, so that it is very water
2. In Oil, Season the mustard, Urad dhal, Toor dhal, Onion, Jeeragam, Ginger, Pepper and Curry leaves, in that order, so that they are slightly brown, and add it to the flour mix. Add the chopped coriander leaves, The batter is now ready.
3. Let the tava be hot, and greased with oil, Now pour the batter with hand, instead of laddle, as if we would sprinke water, for a thin layer.
4. Sprinkle oil, and after a minute, turn the dosa, for the other side to turn brown.
5. Dosa is now ready, which can tasted with a spicy chutney like Onion chutney or Pudhina Chutney.

Avarakkai Nei Perattal

We saw this in Jacob's kitchen and tried the next week, and enjoyed....

Ingredients

Avarakkai(Broad Beans) - with the Ends removed (Naar) and washed, can Microwave for about 4 minutes with 4 spoons water
Garlic, - 4 big pods , / 8 small pods cut into slices and slightly mashed
Ghee - 4-5 spoons
Urad Dhal - A handful - 3 spoons
Toor Dhal - A handful - 3 spoons
Pepper - coarsely crushed
Curry leaves - 1/2 strands
Salt to Taste


Preparation

1. Dry roast the Urad Dhal and Toor Dhal, and make a powder of this (Paruppu Podi)
2. Warm 2 spoons ghee in a kadai
3. Add the garlic pods and curry leaves, and stir till it becomes sligtly brown
4. Add the ground Urad+Toor Dhal powder to the garlic, and stir for 2 mins till a nice aroma come out of the powder.
5. Now add the Avarakkai, and salt and saute well till all the powder mixes well with the vegetable, let it stir for about 5 mins, (Note :if already cooked in microwave, then 4-5 mins is sufficient, else sprinle water, till the vegetable get cooked, for about 10 mins).
6. Add the pepper powder, and mix well, and remove from flame.

Tasty Avarakkai Nei perattal is ready.
This tastes well with thick dhal or sambar for rice.
Can do the same with Fish or chicken as well.