5 Best South Indian Recipes

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5 Best South Indian Recipes

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1. Rava Dosha

• A south Indian and easy to cook recipe for your
  breakfast.

• Ingredients -
• 1 cup Rava (semolina), 1 cup Rice Flour, 1/2 cup
  Maida, 2 3/4 cup Water, 1/4 cup buttermilk, 1
  Green Chili chopped, 1/4 tsp Black Pepper, 4-5
  Curry Leaves, 2 tbsp Oil, Chopped Coriander
  Leaves, Salt to Taste

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Steps --

1. Mix rava in 1/4 cup buttermilk 1 cup water and
   leave it for 15-30 minutes.
2. In a bowl, mix rice flour, maida black
   pepper,salt, ginger,chopped curry leaves and rava
   mixture.
3. Add water little by little and stir continuously
   so that no lump is formed.
4. Wipe dry and heat the non stick tawa well and
   reduce the flame to medium.
5. Spread the dosa like a normal dosa with the help
   of the ladle. Pour 2-3 tsp of oil/ghee on the
   corners and over the dosa.
6. Turn the dosa once it gets cooked from one side.
7. Serve the dosa with sambhar/coconut chutney.

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2. Malabar Paratha

• Popularly callled as Parota, it is an origin of
  street food in Kerala enjoyed with a
  complimenting Malabar chicken curry.

• Ingredients -
• 3 cups Flour (maida), 1 cup Water, 2 tbsp Oil, 1
  tsp Salt, 1 tsp Sugar, 1 tsp Baking powder, Oil
  (for frying)

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Steps --

1. Combing flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a
   bowl.
2. Add oil and blend well with the flour mixture.
3. Now add water, little at a time and knead well to
   make a dough.
4. Transfer the dough to a well floured surface and
   knead for 5 mins.
5. Coat the dough with oil, cover with a damp cloth
   and let it rest for 30 mins.
6. Knead for 5 more mins. Divide the dough into 10
   parts and make balls.
7. Cover and leave for 15 mins.
8. Take one ball and roll it very thin. Hold the
   rolled dough from the top on both sides and pleat
   them till the bottom.
9. Roll them like a spiral and press the last edge
   onto the center of the roll. Repeat with other
   balls.
10. Heat oil in a tawa over medium heat. Place the
    rolled out paratha and cool for 2 mins.
11. Cook on both sides and remove from heat. Repeat
    with the remaining batches.
12. Serve hot with famous Malabar chicken.

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3. Wheat flour Dosa

• Crispy Instant Dosa with wheat flour and veggies,
  a healthy recipe for kids too

• Ingredients -
• 1 cup wheat flour, Chopped onion, Chopped
  Capsicum, green chillies, Grated carrot, Salt, 2
  tablespoon sour curd, 1 tablespoon Oil for
  shallow frying

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Steps --

1. Take wheat in large bowl
2. Add curd and water little by little and mix until
   a smooth batter is prepared
3. Add finely chopped veggies and salt to taste
4. Keep the batter to rest for 2-3 mins.
5. Meanwhile, heat a non stick tawa over medium
   flame.
6. Drizzle 1/2 oil on area and pour the batter over
   tawa.
7. Cook it until it turns light brown on another
   side and flip the dosa
8. Serve it hot with red sauce or any chutney

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4. Set Dosa

• Set dosa is a soft spongy dosa made with rice,
  daal and poha.

• Ingredients -
• Raw Rice - 3 cups, Poha/aval/pressed rice - 3/4
  cup, Urad daal/white lentil - 1/4 cup, Sabudana
  /sago pearls - 1.5 tbsp, Fenugreek
  seeds/methidana - 1 tsp, Yogurt/curd - 3/4 cup,
  Water approx 1.5 cup, Soda bi carb - 1/2 tsp,
  Salt to taste

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Steps --

1. Wash rice urad daal well. In a bowl mix rice,
   urad daal, methi dana, poha soak in enough
   water for approx 5-6 hours. Mix together
   yogurt/curd and water and make buttermilk. (can
   use laban instead).
2. Drain water from the soaked daal rice mixture and
   then grind the soaked ingredients with yogurt
   mixture(buttermilk) to make a smooth
   batter(pouring consistency)
3. Add salt and soda bi carb in the mixture and mix
   well. Cover and let it ferment overnight or for
   approx 8 hours. Heat a heavy cast iron or flat
   nonstick griddle/tawa.
4. Wipe it with a cloth dipped in little water and
   few drops of oil. Now pour 2 ladles of batter on
   the hot tawa. Let it spread by itself like a
   thick pancake,no need to spread with the ladle.
5. Let it cook on medium heat then drizzle some oil
   on it and on the sides and let it cook for around
   1.5 to 2 minute.
6. Then turn the side and cook it just for a minute,
   no need to cook further. Serve hot with tomato
   chutney,coconut chutney rasam.

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5. Moong Dal Dosa

• Simple and healthy crepes or dosas made from
  moong dal soaked overnight.

• Ingredients -
• Moong dal - 3/4 cup washed soaked over night and
  drained, Rice flour - 2 heaped tbsp or more as
  required, Green chili - 1 roughly chopped, Onion
  - 1/2 medium sliced, Salt to taste, Water - as
  required, Ghee / Coconut oil - as required

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Steps --

1. Grind/blend together the drained moong dal, salt,
   onion and green chili with just couple of
   teaspoons of water. Pulse it a couple of times.
   The mixture should not be very smooth but bit
   coarse.
2. Transfer this mixture into a mixing bowl and stir
   in the rice flour. Add few more teaspoons of
   water (if required) to make a batter of dropping
   consistency.
3. Heat a non stick pan and grease it with some
   ghee. Add a small ladle of the batter at the
   centre of the pan and smear it gently but
   quickly, moving your hand in concentric circles,
   to make a dosa. Being gentle and swift is very
   important.
4. Drizzle some coconut oil all over the dosa and
   allow it to cook till it turns golden brown
   underneath. Then gently flip it over and let it
   cook few more minutes. You will see golden spots
   appearing which means it is cooked.
5. Roll it over or fold it over to make a half moon
   and serve immediately with fresh coconut chutney
   of your choice.

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