Raagi wheat flour dosa

My mom makes varieties of dosas by mixing different flours.This is one such dosa rich in calcium as raagi or nachni  ( finger millet ) is a rich source of calcium. Nachni or finger millet is a cooling millet...good for summers.

Ingredients : 1 cup raagi flour, 3/4 cup wholewheat flour, water , 3-4 tbsp oil,salt to taste.

Method : Mix raagi & wholewheat flour. Add water & make dosa consistency dough.Take care to see that no lumps remain.Add salt to taste.Mix nicely.Keep aside for 1/2- 1 hour.

Take a dosa tawa or anon stick tawa.Put on the gas on sim.Keep tawa on the gas.Let it get warm for 3-4 minutes.Take aladle of the raagi hwolewheat dosa dogh & spread it into acircle on the tawa.Cover with alid & let it cook for 3-4 minutes.Uncover the lid.Smear a tsp of oil on the dosa  & spread it on the dosa.Flip the dosa upside down on tawa.Let it cook for 2-3 minutes.Remove from tawa .Serve with chutni or chutni pudi .

Make more dosas similarly.10 average size dosas can be made with the aforesaid quantity of dosa dough.

Tips : Mix raagi & wholewheat flour in buttermilk or chaas to get tangier dosas.Finely chopped coriander,curry leaves,onions ,grated ginger & carrots can be added to the dough  make uttapas.Endless possibilities !

Raagi dosa

Raagi or nachni or finger millet.

Raagi or nachni or finger millet is an excellent source of calcium....

Ingredients : 1 Cup leftover  idli or dosa batter , 1 cup ragi atta ( nachni atta ),1/2 cup dahi or chaas or buttermilk,,1/2 inch grated ginger,2 tbsp oil,salt to taste.

Method : Mix raagi atta with dosa batter .Add dahi or chaas to make it into a paste.The result should be like dosa batter consistency.Keep aside for half an hour to 1 hr.

Add salt to taste & grated ginger & mix.Take a ladle full of dosa batter mixture & spread it on the tawa.Cover with a lid.Turn on the gas to high & cook for a minute.Remove the lid & if the sides of the dosa have seperated from the tawa ,spread a tsp of oil on the dosa & turn it upside down.Now cook the dosa for a minute.Remove it from the tawa & serve with chutney or sambar or chutni powder with til oil.

Similarly make more dosas.

If the dosa batter is thinner in consistency ,just drop it on the tawa. Just rotate the tawa .And the batter will spread itself on tawa.Do not try to spread it.Follow same steps thereafter.