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Onion Chutney Dosa
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Ulli Karam Dosa

Dosas smeared with onion chutney
Course Breakfast
Cuisine Indian, South Indian
Keyword Dosa smeared with onion chutney, Ulli Karam Dosa
Prep Time 12 hours
Servings 20 dosas

Ingredients

  • For Dosa
  • 1 cup udad dal
  • 2 cups rice
  • 1 tsp methi seeds
  • 2 tbsp chana dal
  • 3 to 4 tbsp poha (soaked in water for 20 minutes)
  • Salt as per taste

For Onion Chutney

  • 2 large onions
  • 2 to 3 dry red chillies
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 tsp oil
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • A small piece of tamarind
  • Salt as per taste

Other Ingredients

  • Ghee/Oil for cooking dosas
  • Chopped coriander

Instructions

For Onion Chutney

  • Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan.
  • Add cumin seeds, dry red chillies and saute for few seconds.
  • Add chopped garlic, chopped onions, tamarind and salt.
  • Saute till the onions turn translucent.
  • Allow this to cool down.
  • Blend all the ingredients to a fine paste.
  • Keep this aside.

For Dosa

  • Wash and soak rice, methi seeds and chana dal  in water for 3 to 4 hours.
  • Wash and soak udad dal in water for 3 to 4 hours. 
  • Drain the rice, methi seeds, chana dal  add the soaked poha and grind using little water, to a smooth paste.
  •  Drain the udad dal and grind using  little water, to a smooth paste.
  • Mix them in a deep vessel.
  • Cover and keep the batter to ferment for six to eight hours in a warm place. 
  • Add salt to the fermented batter and mix well.
  • Heat a tawa.
  • Pour a ladle of dosa batter and spread it in a circular motion to form a thin dosa.
  • Drizzle a tsp of oil or ghee  around the dosa and cook till the dosa turns brown in colour and crisp. 
  • Take 2 tbsp onion chutney and spread evenly on the dosa.
  • Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves over the chutney.
  • Fold the dosa and serve hot as it is or with coconut chutney.