High Protein Dosa
Author: Dietician Amit Shah
- 1 tbsp garbanzo beans/kabuli channa
- 1 tbsp dark garbanzo beans/kala channa
- 1 tbsp whole green gram
- 1/4 cup husked black gram/urad dal ( whole or split)
- 1/4 cup pigeon peas/tuvar dal
- ½ cup rice
- 1-2 dry red chillies ( adjust according to your spice preference)
- 1/2 onion ( chopped)( optional)
- 1" ginger ( chopped)
- 1 sprig curry leaves ( optional)
- 1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves ( optional)
- salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil ( to make the dosa)
Wash all the legumes, lentils and rice together and soak for 5 hours along with dry red chillies.
Drain excess water, grind the soaked ingredients along with onion, ginger, coriander, curry leaves into a smooth batter.Chef tip: Adjust water quantity while grinding. The batter should not be too thick or too thin. Add salt, mix well and your Protein Dosai batter is now ready.
Heat your tava, grease and when the tava is hot, start making the dosa ( cook on both sides).
Instead of grinding the vegetables and herbs in the batter, you can also sprinkle it on top of your dosa.