Mysore Masala Dosa & Benne Masala Dosa

Masala Dosa is the South Indian food and now becoming popular not only in North India but abroad too! This mouth watering food is one of the best and tasty food in world as cited by CNN . Here is the recipe of this! Its actually potato sabzi filling for normal dosa and spiced with red chutney! If butter is used to roast the dosa then its benne(butter) masala dosa!!!

This has 3 steps:

1. Preparing dosa batter
2. Preparing potato filling: Check my recipe to make Potato Palya/Aloo Sabzi
3. Preparaing Masala dosa

Ingredients for making Masala dosa:

1. Dosa batter
2. Potato filling
3. Red Chutney
4. Oil/Butter to roast dosa

Ingredients to make Dosa Batter:

1. Rice - 2 cups

2. Urad dal - 1/2 cup

3. Methi seeds - 1/4 cup

4. Poha - 1/4 cup cup

5. Water - to soak and grind the batter

Ingredients to make Red Chutney:

1. Chana dal - 2 tblspn (roasted)

2. Garlic - 4-5 

3. Red Chillies - 2-3 (soaked in warm water, can adjust the chillie sbased on how much hot you need)

4. Tamarind - 1tsp

5. Onion - 1/4 cup (roughly chopped)

6. Salt - as per taste

7. Water - to grind chutney

Method to prepare Dosa batter:

1. Mix all ingredients except poha & water. Rinse and wash with water

2. Soak in water for 5 to 6 hours

3. Drain water and with little water to grind, grind the soaked ingredients along with poha(rinsed with water) till you get fluffy and smooth batter

4. Cover and allow the batter to fermet for about 7 to 9 hours

Method to prepare Masala Dosa:

1. Prepare dosa batter and potato filling  and keep aside
2. Blend all ingredients given under 'Ingredients to make Red Chutney' to prepare red chutney by adding little water. This chutney should be a smooth paste and not watery. Keep aside
3. Heat the tava and spread 1 or 2 tsp of oil/butter, spread the dosa batter in circular motion from centre towards edge
4. Sprinkle some oil/butter, cover dosa with a lid and cook the dosa in low-medium heat till it gets cooked completely on both side
5. Now spread 1 or 2 tsp of red chutney on dosa and place 2 to 3 tbsp of potato filling. Fold(add butter if you like on top f it) and serve hot along with chutney!!!

Mysore Masala Dosa ready to eat!!! :)

Note:
1. You can spread butter instead of oil and when you fold add a tsp of butter and its benne(butter) masala dosa!!!