Tasty Cheese Palak Dosa RecipeVegetarian Recipes

July 09, 2019 12:44

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Cheese Palak Dosa is tasty, mouth-watering dish that you can easily prepare at your home for your loved once. This dosa is a healthy and tasty twist to the plain dosa and it is a perfect option for morning breakfast. It has a nice green color and also healthy because of spinach ( palak) and nice flavor and taste of cheese. This dish is healthy and very nutritious and perfect for growing kid’s. Let’s follow this recipe.

Ingredients

1 cup - roughly chopped and blanched spinach (palak)
1 1/2 cups - grated processed cheese
1/4 cup - roughly chopped onions
1/4 cup - roughly chopped tomatoes
1/2 tsp - roughly chopped ginger (adrak)
1 tsp - roughly chopped garlic (lehsun)
2 tsp - oil
2 - pinches of turmeric powder (haldi)
1/2 tsp - chili powder
salt to taste
1 1/2 - cups dosa batter
2 tbsp - melted butter for cooking

For The Dosa Batter

1/2 cup - urad dal (split black lentils)
1 tbsp - fenugreek (methi) seeds
1 cup - raw rice (chawal)
1 cup - parboiled rice (ukda chawal)
2 tbsp - flattened beaten rice (jada poha)

Directions

For The Dosa Batter

Wash and soak the urad dal, fenugreek seeds and enough water in a deep bowl and mix it well and cover it with a lid and keep it aside to for 4 hours.
Wash and soak the parboiled rice, raw rice, flattened beaten rice and enough water in a deep bowl and mix it well and cover with a lid and keep aside for 4 hours.
Drain the urad dal and fenugreek seeds and blend to a smooth paste by using approx. 1 cup of water and transfer the mixture into a deep bowl and keep it aside.
Drain the par-boiled rice, raw rice, and flattened beaten rice and blend to a smooth paste by using approx. 1 cup of water.
Transfer the mixture into the same bowl of the urad dal batter, add the salt and mix it nicely and cover it with a lid and keep it aside to ferment in a warm place for 12 hours.

How to Proceed

In a blender, add spinach, onion, tomatoes, ginger and garlic and blend till smooth.
Heat the oil a broad, non-stick pan, add the prepared spinach mixture, turmeric powder, chili powder and salt, mix it well and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes and stir occasionally and keep it aside.
Heat a non-stick tawa (griddle), sprinkle little water and wipe it off gently using a muslin cloth
Pour a ladleful of the batter on it and spread it in a circular motion to make a 175 mm. (7”) diameter thin circle
Bruah1 tsp butter over it and cook on medium flame till the dosa turns light brown in color.
Spread 2 tbsp of the prepared spinach mixture and sprinkle ¼ cup of cheese evenly over it.
Cook it on a medium flame for 1 minute or till the cheese melts and then fold the dosa lightly from 3 sides to form a triangle.
Serve it with sambar and coconut chutney.

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