(From Banu's Cookbook)
Ingredients:
1 cup of Cream of Buckwheat
2 tbsp of Whole Urad Daal (Urad Gota)
1 tsp of Methi Seeds
1/4 Cup of NuMeal Flour
1/4 Cup of Rice Flour
Handful of Cilantro
2-3 Green Chillies (Optional)
1 Cucumber medium sized peeled and chopped
Salt to Taste
Oil for Cooking
Method:
1. Wash the Cream of Buckwheat a couple of times and soak it for 15-30 mins with the Urad Daal and Methi seeds with just enough water to cover it. Do not soak it with a lot of water.
2. I used Vitamix to grind the batter, but you can use any blender of your choice. In the Vitamix, add a few ice cubes, soaked buckwheat mixture, 1/4 cup of NuMeal, 1/4 cup of rice flour, salt, cilantro, green chillies and the chopped Cucumber. Do not add any extra water and grind it into a smooth paste. You can use the Vitamix Tamper to mix the ingredients if needed.
3. Pour the batter into a bowl and let it rest for at least 10 minutes. I rested the batter for about 20 minutes as I was doing the chutney during this time.
4. Heat a Cast Iron Tawa well. Then reduce the heat completely to low, sprinkle some water to bring the temperature of the Tawa down and then spread the Dosa Batter evenly. You can then increase the gas to medium high and cook the Dosa with some oil.
5. Once the dosa starts browning, you can flip it over and cook the other side for a few minutes.
6. Serve it hot with chutney of your choice.
NOTES:
1) You can also use a small or half bottle gourd instead of the cucumber (Take the seeds out).
2) If you try to pour the dosa batter and spread it when the tawa is super hot, it will clump up and not come out good. So, always reduce the gas, sprinkle some water on the tawa to reduce the temp, wipe it with a lint free cloth, then pour the dosa batter and once it is poured and spread, you can increase the heat.
3) Green chillies and cilantro is optional but gives you a good taste.
4) Rice Flour is optional, it helps crisp up the Dosa, so I added it.
5) NuMeal is a complete protein and you can order it here.
https://mynumeal.com/
