INSTANT RAGI DOSA / FINGER MILLET DOSA WITH TOMATO CHUTNEY

We do this dosa at least once in a week for our Breakfast/dinner.Very easy to make.Raagi is rich in dietary fibre.So it is good for irregular bowel movements.This dosa tastes heaven with Tomato chutney.I feel they are made for each other:)

This healthy jodi is on its way to the romantic event of rathna'!!

Ingredients:

• Raagi flour – 2 parts
• Wheat flour – 1 part
• Rice flour – 1/2 part(optional)
• Salt – to taste
• Sour Buttermilk – 1/2 cup
• Water – to mix

To temper:

• Oil – 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp
• Urad dal – 1/2 tsp
• Big onions – 1 no ( finely chopped)
• Pepper corns - 1 tsp
• Jeera - 1 tsp
• Green chilly – 2 nos ( slit cut)
• Curry leaves – a sprig

Method:

• Mix all the flour with salt and water .
• Temper all the items given under “to temper” and saute onions ,green chillies and curry leaves. Mix with it.
• The batter should be watery and free-flowing.
• Heat a dosa tawa and pour the batter in a circular manner starting from the sides and finishing in the middle.Sprinkle some oil. Cook for sometime.
• Flip it over and make a thin dosa.

Crispy n healthy raagi dosa is ready to eat!!
Serve with tomato chutney/Idly milagaai podi!!

Note: Instead of tempering , we can add pepper and jeera .No onions,chillies are required.

TOMATO CHUTNEY

I do this chutney only for raagi dosa!! Very easy to prepare, at the same time very tasty too:)
Ingredients:
To grind:

• Ripe Tomato – 2 nos
• Small onions/Pearl onions – 10 nos
• Red chilly – 2-3 nos(add more depending on ur taste)
• Salt – to taste

To temper:

• Mustard seeds – little
• Urad dal – 1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves – 1 sprig
• Oil – 1 tsp

Method to grind:

• Grind all the items given under “to grind” and make it a smooth paste.
• Heat a kadai with oil and temper all the items given under “to temper” .
• Now add the chutney to it and bring it to boil.
• It should boil till the raw smell leaves.

Serve with Raagi dosa!!

KITCHEN CLINIC:

Ragi: Finger millet , also known as African millet or Ragi. Nutritive value of Ragi per 100 g Protein 7.3 g Fat 1.3 g Carbohydrate 72 g Minerals 2.7 g Calcium 3.44 g Fibre 3.6 g Energy 328 KCal It strengthens the kidneys, beneficial to stomach and spleen-pancreas, builds the in fluids, moistens dryness, alkalizing, balances over-acid conditions, sweetens breath by retarding bacteria growth in mouth, high amino acid profile and rich silicon content helps prevent miscarriage, anti-fungal. Also useful for diarrhea, vomiting, indigestion, and diabetes. Soothes morning sickness.