Rava Dosa / crispy semolina pancake

Rava Dosa is a crispy pancake of South India. It is a derivative of the popular Dosa. This variety of dosa does not require fermentation. It is usually considered as a light meal which can be served for breakfast or dinner.

Ingredients: 

Semolina/ Sooji rava/ Farina- 1 cup 

Maida / All purpose flour- 1/2 cup

Rice flour- 1 cup

Ginger- 1 inch (chopped)

Green Chillies- 2-3

Cumin seeds- 1-2 tsp

Crushed black pepper- 1 tsp

Few broken cashew nuts (optional)

salt to taste

water

oil / ghee to make dosa

Preparation:

Mix the above ingredients with water and bring it to butter milk consistency. Heat a flat pan and sprinkle the batter evenly on the pan with your hand. Add ghee or oil  and cook it on a medium high flame. You would get a crispy Rava Dosa. Rava Dosa can be served with coconut chutney and sambar.

Suggestion: Finely chopped cabbage can be used as a topping for the dosa.

Oats dosa

Oats are becoming a part of life now. We can prepare many delicious recipes with oats or add it to our regular recipes. These oats dosa/ crepes make a perfect breakfast or weekend brunch. This dosai turned out very soft and could be made very crisp too. Serve them hot with any chutney or pickle of your choice.



Ingredients

Oats - 1 cup ( dry roast & Blend it finely)
Rava /Semolina - 1/2 cup
Rice Flour - 1/2 Cup
Besan Flour- 1/2 cup
Buttermilk - 1 1/2 cup
Pepper Powder - 1tsp
Cumin Powder - 1tsp
Fenugreek Powder - a pinch
Salt to taste
Oil

Seasoning
Oil
Mustard - 1tsp
Curry leaves - one string
Cilantro - 2 tbs ( finely chopped)


Method
Dry roast oats for 2 mins and powder it finely. Transfer to mixing bowl.
Mix together the first four ingredients in a large bowl/ container and mix well.
Add buttermilk slowly, mixing it in to form a batter that is free flowing but not too runny. With these proportions this quantity of water was perfect for me, if you change quantities, err on the side of getting a thicker batter when adding water, that can be corrected easily. Keep the mixed batter aside.
Add salt, powders to the batter and mix well.
In a small pan add the seasoning ingredients and add it to the batter.
Heat a non stick tawa or frying pan.
Pour one ladle of the batter. Wait till it becomes a little brown, and then turn it for the other side to cook. Enjoy ur crispy oats dosa hot.