Chettinad Cauliflower Masala Dosa Recipe | Dosa Recipes (2024)

Ingredients:

for Batter:

2 cups Raw rice

2 cups Idli Rice or Par boiled rice

1 cup whole white Urad dal

1/4 cup Toor dal

1/4 cup Chana dal

1/4 cup Flattened rice(Poha)

1 tsp Fenugreek seeds

Salt to taste

Oil/Ghee, to roast dosas

to mix in batter before making dosas:

2 tbsp chiroti Rava

1 tbsp Sugar

a pinch of Cooking Soda

for Cauliflower Masala:

2 cups Cauliflower florets

1 big Onion,finely chopped

1 big Tomato,chopped

5-6 Garlic pods,peeled

1/2" Ginger,finely chopped

1 Green chilli,finely chopped

2 tbsp chopped Coriander leaves

1/2 tsp Rasam powder

1/2 tsp Sambar powder

1/2 tsp Red chili powder

1/4 tsp Turmeric powder

a sprig of Curry leaves

2 Red chillies,broken

1/2 tsp Mustard seeds

Salt to taste

to grind:

2 tbsp fresh grated Coconut

2 tsp Poppy seeds,soaked in water

1/2 tsp Saunf

5-6 Pepper corns

Method:

to make dosa batter:

Wash and soak raw rice,idli rice(or par boiled rice), urad dal, toor dal, chana dal, fenugreek seeds together in water for 4-5 hrs.

Soak flattened rice(poha) for 1/2 hr.

Grind all the ingredients in the wet grinder to a fine batter by adding water at regular intervals.

Add required amount of salt at the end of grinding and mix well.

Allow the batter to ferment for 12-14 hrs.

On the day of preparing dosa take out the required amount of dosa batter into a vessel and add chiroti rava and sugar to it and mix well and let it keep for an hour.

to make Cauliflower masala:

• Clean and wash the cauliflower florets and soak them in salted hot water for 10-15 mins.Drain them and chop them finely.
• Heat oil in a kadai/pan and crackle mustard seeds and add broken red chillies and curry leaves fry until they wilt.
• Add garlic pods,chopped ginger and green chili and fry for a minute.Now add finely chopped onions and fry until they become translucent.
• Add chopped cauliflower florets and fry well for 2-3 mins and add chopped tomatoes to it and fry for 3-4 mins.Cover it and cook until the tomatoes turns mushy and cauliflower is cooked.
• Grind grated coconut with poppy seeds,pepper corns and saunf to a fine paste.Add little water if required for grinding.
• Add rasam powder,sambar powder,red chili powder,turmeric powder and salt to the cauliflower mixture and mash it nicely with a masher.It is your choice to keep the texture how ever you want.I mashed it completely like a spread,if you want you keep it chunky too.
• Add the ground coconut mixture to it and let it cook for 3-4 mins until the raw smell disappears.You should keep the consistency of this very thick as we will apply this inside the dosa.
• Switch it off and let it come to room temperature.Add chopped coriander leaves to it and mix and keep it ready.

to make Cauliflower Masala Dosa:

• Make the tawa ready for making dosa,keep the stove on medium flame and pour a ladle full of batter in the middle of the pan and spread in a circular motion to form a 9 " dosa and pour some oil/ghee (1 tbsp roughly) all over the edges and in the center cover it with a lid.
• After it is roasted for a minute remove the lid and smear the cauliflower mixture(approx 3-4 tbsp) all over the dosa.
• Keep the flame on HIGH and let it roast for another minute until it turns golden brown and crispy.
• Fold it into half and serve.

• The addition of sugar to the batter makes the dosas crisp and also gives a thick golden crust to dosas.
• If your dosas did not turn out good,do not panic.Add 1/4 tsp cooking soda to a ladle and mix with 2 tbsp water well and that to the dosa batter and mix well and start making dosas.This will make the interior of dosa fluffy.
• If you want you can avoid mashing the cauliflower florets and keep them as they are and follow the same process for the filling.I personally liked the idea of mashing it.
• The dosa batter can be used to make any dosa like plain dosa, Utappam or Masala dosa.