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Dosa (Rice and Gram Pancakes)
(Futura Nonstick Flat Tava 30 cm)

Yield: 15 dosa	3 minutes per dosa
½ cup (3½ oz / 100 g) rice   1 cup (7 oz / 200 g) parboiled rice  ½ cup (3½ oz / 100 g) urad dal  2½ cups / 600 ml water  other than for step 1 2 tsp / 10 ml salt  ¼ cup + 1 tbsp / 75 ml vegetable oil
Method
1 In a bowl, cover rice, parboiled rice and urad dal with water at least 1 inch/2.5 cm above ingredients. Soak 4 hours. Drain. 2 Grind rice-dal mixture into a paste gradually adding 2 cups/480 ml water. 3 In a large bowl, mix rice-dal paste and salt. Cover and keep aside (not in a refrigerator) at least 12 hours to ferment. 4 Mix fermented paste and enough of remaining water (½ cup/120 ml) to make a thin batter. 5 Heat tava on medium heat no more than 5 minutes (for preheating tava other than 30 cm, see special instructions). 6 Stir batter and pour ¼ cup/60 ml in centre of tava. Quickly place the back of a rounded ladle very lightly on batter. Using a continuous circular motion in one direction, gently spread batter evenly outwards from centre to make a round about 9½ inch/24 cm in diameter. Add ½ tsp/2.5 ml oil around edges of dosa. Dribble ½ tsp/2.5 ml oil all over dosa. Cook about 2 minutes. With a spatula, press edges of dosa gently, if needed. Turn over. With a spatula, press edges of dosa gently, if needed. Cook 1 minute. Remove. Cook remaining dosa in the same way. Serve hot, accompanied with Coconut Chutney.
Special Instructions 1 For 22 cm tava, in Step 5, heat tava on medium heat no more than 3 minutes. Step 6: Stir batter and pour 3 tbsp/45 ml in centre of tava. Make a round about 7¼ inch/18 cm in diameter. Add ¼ tsp/1.3 ml oil around edges and all over dosa. Cook first side about 1½ minutes. Follow all other instructions in this step. 2 For 26 cm tava, in Step 5, heat tava on medium heat no more than 4 minutes. Step 6: Stir batter and pour 3 tbsp/45 ml in centre of tava. Make a round about 7½ inch/19 cm in diameter. Add ¼ tsp/1.3 ml oil around edges of dosa. Dribble ¼ tsp/1.3 ml oil all over dosa. Follow all other instructions in this step.