dosa with curry
Dosas are the most common breakfast items in konkani households. But it doesnt get boring as there are a lot of varieties of dosas to choose from. One such dosa is this ‘Urid maida polo’. I havent eaten this dosa in any other place or hotels apart from konkani households. It can be served with coconut chutney (again there are different chutney variations). But I like this particular potato and onion curry with this dosa.
Urid maida poLo
One advantage of this dosa is that it doesnt require fermentation and can be made instantly.
Ingredients
- Urid daal - 1 cup
- Maida flour (all purpose flour) - 4 cups
- Salt to taste
Method
- Soak the urid daal in water for one hour (even 30 mins would suffice) and grind it to a smooth batter. You can prepare upto this stage the previous evening and then refrigerate this batter. Or you can also make this batter in the morning.
- Now in a separate vessel mix the maida with cold water and make a thin paste. Add some salt. Mix it thoroughly to remove any lumps. Do not add a lot of water.
- Finally mix the maida and the urid batter and make thin dosas out of it.
Preparation time: 1 hour
baTaTa ani kaandya bhajji
It means potato and onion curry.
Ingredients
- Potato cut into small pieces - 2 medium sizedhe
- Onion cut into small pieces - 4 (or 5) medium sized
- Grated coconut - 1 cup
- Red chillies - 4
- Cloves - 8 to 10
- Black Pepper (whole)- half teaspoon
- Coriander/dhania seeds - 1.5 teaspoons
- Tamarind - a small piece
- Salt to taste
Method
- In a vessel mix the potato and onion pieces, add some salt and water and cook it well till the vegetables are soft.
- In a kadai take a little oil and fry the cloves, pepper, coriander and red chillies one by one in that order on a small flame.
- Grind these masala items with coconut and tamarind to a smooth mixture to match the consistency of a chutney.
- Add this chutney to the boiled potato/onion mixture, add salt to taste and let it boil well. Simmer for a few minutes and the bhajji is ready.
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Serve the bhajji with piping hot dosas. This bhajji can also be had with other kinds of dosas, idlis, bread etc.