5 Best South Indian Recipes

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2. 1. RavaDosha 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

3. Steps -- Mix rava in 1/4 cup buttermilk +1 cup water and leave it for 15-30 minutes. In a bowl, mix rice flour, maida black pepper,salt, ginger,chopped curry leaves and rava mixture. Add water little by little and stir continuously so that no lump is formed. Wipe dry and heat the non stick tawa well and reduce the flame to medium. 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. Turn the dosa once it gets cooked from one side. Serve the dosa with sambhar/coconut chutney.

4. 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)

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

6. 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

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

8. 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, Uraddaal/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

9. Steps -- Wash rice & uraddaal well. In a bowl mix rice, uraddaal, methidana, poha & soak in enough water for approx 5-6 hours. Mix together yogurt/curd and water and make buttermilk. (can use laban instead). 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) 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. 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. 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. Then turn the side and cook it just for a minute, no need to cook further. Serve hot with tomato chutney,coconut chutney & rasam.

10. 5. MoongDalDosa Simple and healthy crepes or dosas made from moongdal soaked overnight. Ingredients : - Moongdal - 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

11. Steps -- Grind/blend together the drained moongdal, 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. 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. 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. 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. 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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