Instant Medu Vada & Dahi Vada

[caption id="attachment_174" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Vada"][/caption]Vada is a delicious South Indian dish. The main ingredient is black gram. Black gram is rich in potassium, phosphorus, calcium and sodium. It has iron and hence all black gram dishes are prescribed by herbal doctors for anemia.

Making of the vada is a long process unless the Vada Mix is available.

How To Make Vada Mix

Ingredients For Black Gram Vada

- 2 cups urad dal - black gram - coarse powder
- red chilly - to taste
- green chilly - to taste
- ginger grated - 1 tea spoon
- hing - asafoetida
- coriander leaves

We can add one or two pieces of red and green chilly depending on how much spice we prefer.

Make a coarse powder of black gram.

Grind red chillly, green chilly, asafoetida without water.

Add coriander leaves, black gram coarsely ground powder and grind again once to mix everything well.

How To Make Vada

Take the required amount of powder in a bowl, add a little water to make a thick paste. Take oil in a pan and drop the vada mix in the pan using your fingers or a table spoon.

Deep fry till the vadas turn brown.

Dahi Vada & Dal Vada

Vada can be put in seasoned dahi to make dahi vada. The more they soak in the dahi they become soft.

In the same way medu vada can be put in dal to make dal vada.

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Aloo Bonda

Aloo Bonda

Potato is called Aloo in Hindi.

Ingredients to make Aloo Bonda

Potato curry - 1 cup

Chickpea flour - 2cups

Water - 1/2 cup

Cooking oil - 1/2 ltr (for frying the aloo bonda

curry powder - 1/2 tsp

lemon juice - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Make potato curry as explained in the previous post:

Potato Curry and Masala Dosa

- Roll potato curry in small balls (a small lemon size)

- Take the chickpea flour in a bowl, add curry powder and salt

(curry powder is free with instant dosa mix)

Alternatively you can add garam masala or chillie powder.

- Add water little by little and mix the chickpea into a smooth paste.

- Add a pinch of cooking soda (optional)

- Add the lemon juice and mix well (optional)

- Warm the cooking oil over medium heat in a deep frying pan.

- Take a potato ball, dip it in chickpea paste and roll it so as to cover it completely with chickpea paste.

- Gently drop the potato balls, dipped in chickpea paste, one by one, into the warm oil.

- Deep fry the potato balls in warm oil. At a time you can fry five or six balls together.

- Roll the balls in oil so that all sides are evenly friend.

- When well fried the bondas will turn golden brown.

You can eat the aloo bondas with tomato sauce or mustard paste.

You can also eat the bondas with coconut chutney (free with instant dosa mix)

How do you say Dosa is a Healthy, Nutritious Meal?

Our body needs carbohydrates, proteins, calcium, fats, vitamins, mineral salts, fibre.

Dosa has all this.

Carbohydrates are the source of energy. Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen are essential to keep us energetic and active. Food items such as potato, rice, spaghetti, yams, bread and cereals contain carbohydrates. These are the food items rich in starch.

Dosa has rice - starch - carbohydrates.

Proteins are turned into amino acids by our digestive system before they enter our blood. Proteins contain Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Sulphur. Proteins are absolutely necessary for the growth of our body and for repairing injured cells.

Dosa has lentils - proteins

Fat is also a source of energy. Just like proteins fats too contain Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen. Just by avoiding fat we cannot avoid putting on weight. Carbohydrates and proteins can also turn into fat. So it is necessary eat the right amount of energy containing food. How much energy we can take in? Naturally it depends on how much we can use through physical day-to-day activities and exercise.

To make dosa you use cooking oil. That gives you fat. And you can make it, according to your preference. Make it almost fat free or add more oil to make the dosa crispy, the choice is yours.

Mineral salts such as iron, calcium, sodium and iodine are necessary for different purposes. Iron is necessary for making hemoglobin. Decrease of hemoglobin leads to symptoms of anemia. Especially for pregnant women it is crucial to avoid problems of anemia. Calcium is essential for our bones, teeth and muscles. Nerve cells need sodium and our thyroid glands require iodine.

Dosa has calcium, iron and magnesium.

Fiber is important for good digestion, clear skin and healthy bowel movements.

Dosa has dietary fiber.

You can make different types of dosa. For example, carrot dosa gives you A. If you need more carbohydrates you can make masala dosa. Masala dosa has potatoes and that gives you more starch and more carbohydrates.

Dosa can be a good nutritious healthy meal for young and old including children.

Vegetable Upma Curry Recipe

Get these things together and I will teach you how to make vegetable curry and then make vegetable upma with it.

Funny Video - Dosa Stuck - Five Things to do

Did Your Dosa Get Stuck?



Watch the funny video. Don't worry if your dosa gets stuck.

Here are five things you can do:

1. If you are using instant dosa mix, it is stick proof. Even a child will be able to get the dosa off the pan in a jiffy. But if it gets stuck you can add a bit more of the mix and make it thicker. This will help you easily flip the dosa.

2. If you are making dosa in the usual way, the long process of soaking, grinding and fermenting, add a few tbs of all round flour. It is better to add rice flour but you can add your regular flour. No problems. Dosa will come off in good healthy shape.

3. Dip the spatula in cooking oil. Pass it through the edges of the dosa. Slowly and gentlly relieve the dosa that is attached to the pan with ever lasting love :). Then fold it in one sweep and flip it. You have done what the usual Indian parents do when they catch their daughters deep in love.

4. Cut an onion in the middle. Give the pan a nice massage with the onion and it will be ready to accept the next ladle full of dosa batter and be ready to let go of your dosa without a murmur.

5. Roll a tissue paper into a ball, dip it in water, squeeze it out and then rub the top of the pan.

If none of this works, post a comment here. And I will tell you what more you can try.

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Dosa Batter to Dosa In Under Two Minutes

Dosa Instant gives you the details of making dosa in the usual way. You can read about it in this post:

Dosa Recipe Without Instant Ready Mix

If you do not want to spend hours in shopping for the ingredients, soaking, grinding and fermenting...

If you do not want to wait for hours before getting the first delicious dosa piece in your mouth...

You can try instant ready to mix dosa batter powder.

Your dosa will be ready in under two minutes and it will taste as delicious as dosa made through the long process.

To make the dosa batter all you need to do is to add water. Everything else is added in the mixture. No need to shop for anything. No need to soak and grind. No need to wait till the fermenting process is over.

Check out our idli mix and curry powder too. All instant and all delicious time savers.

Watch a video here to see how to make this dosa batter and dosa in under two minutes:

Dosa Batter to Dosa In Under Two Minutes

Indian Food Industry in UK Showing Signs of Decline

The Times of India says:

"LONDON: The one billion pound Indian food industry in UK is showing signs of decline as most young ethnic Asians are not interested in working in kitchens and new immigration rules make hiring chefs from the Indian sub-continent difficult.

There is not a single British town or village which does not have an Indian restaurant, but staff shortage has led to several of them closing down".

According to the news Children of first generation restaurant owners prefer to take up professions other than those of their parents.  And they don't want to work in the kitchens.

I can understand that because I hardly spend time in cooking. Just today I had a conversation with another lady who is not been able to pursue a desired course because most of her time is spent in cooking and cleaning.

Not only in developed countries, but even in India where most people love home cooked meal, it is becoming more and more difficult to find time for cooking. At the same time we have to have healthy food rather than go for junk foods.

This has started a trend of instant ready to make items that save time, help you churn out dishes in minutes and are filled with healthy nutrients. In such food items you have to carefully note their shelf life and what type of preservatives are used.

Instant Dosa Mix that is used to make dosa batter in minutes has no artificial preservatives. Whatever is added to the mix is rich nutritious ingredients that help you keep fit. You can preserve the powder for months.

Dosa Batter - How Thin and How Thick - How to Mix Without Lumps

The usual way of making dosa batter involves shopping for rice, while lentil, fenugreek and other flavors that are necessary to make dosa, soaking rice and lentil separately, grinding them to a paste, leaving them aside to ferment and making dosa the next day.

You can read the details here: Dosa Recipe Without Instant Ready Mix

I have been getting more and more questions about mixing the dosa powder to get the dosa batter. If you are new to making dosa you should keep the batter a little thick. Add one and a half cup of water to one cup of dosa mix. If you are experienced you can add two cups of water to one cup of dosa mix and make the batter thin.

You can use a ladle or egg beater to mix the dosa mix and water.

Add the water little by little. Get a paste of the dosa mix and water. Then gradually add more while stirring constantly. This way you won't get any lumps.

Healthy Yogurt soup

Yogurt soup by Diba

My friend Diba has sent me this healthy recipe. Yogurt is something South Indians use in idli and Gujaratis use in Srikand.

Idli and Dosa are South Indian dishes but very popular in all parts of India as well as in many parts of the world.

Diba's healthy Yogurt soup requires the following ingredients:

ingredients:

- 2 cups plain yogurt

- 1/2 cup flour

- 8 cups water

- 1 cup cooked chickpeas

- 1/2 cup cooked rice

- 2 cups chopped coriander

- salt ,black pepper

- one minced garlic clove

Have you got all the ingredients ready?

Now we can start making healthy Yogurt soup and think of Diba when we relish it.

Mix yogurt and flour well, add water and salt , bring to the boil.

Boil for 10 minutes stirring frequently.

Take the peas and rice, add one cup of water.

Blend coarsely peas, rice and water in a blender.

Add to yogurt soup and boil for 5 more minutes.

Remember to keep stirring :)

Add garlic and coriander. Boil for 5 minutes.

Add pepper and salt.

Diba says, "You can add any spice you like to this plain soup. But take care coriander must not be overcooked or it will lose the flavor".

Well that reminds me...

You can add curry powder that comes with Instant Dosa Mix to this soup. That will add an exotic taste to Diba's healthy Yogurt Soup.

Instant Dosa Recipes

There are a number of types of Instant Dosa Mix and you can cook a variety of healthy Instant Dosa Recipes.

For example, here are a few of the Instant Dosa Powders:

1. Plain Dosa Mix

2. Masala Dosa - Plain Dosa Mix can be used for this too

3. Adai Dosa - Lentil Dosa

4. Wheat Dosa

5. Rava Dosa

If you take any one of these a variety of Instant Dosa Recipes can be prepared.

Let us take Adai Mix. This mix has rice and all the pulses in different proportions to make a nice blend and help us prepare delicious "adai".

Take one cup of Adai Mix and add two cups of water - your batter is ready. Everything else including salt and spices are added to the mix.

Now using this Instant Adai Dosa Mix you can prepare...

1. Plain Adai

Just take a ladle full of adai batter, make a circular shape on a flat pan, cook over medium heat, add two tea spoons of cooking oil, flip and cook for haf a minute - and you are done!

2. Onion Adai

Take a ladle full of adai batter, make a circular shape on a flat pan, cook over medium heat, add two tea spoons of cooking oil, sprinkle finely chopped onion on the adai, flip and cook for a minute - and you are done! The onion will get roasted and the adai will get cooked - and the smell will make you hungry :)

3. Carrot Adai

Make adai in the same way as before. This time sprinkle grated carrot before flipping the dosa. This is a healthy nutritious food and good for children and old people too.

4. Cheese Adai

Grate cheese over the adai cooking over medium heat. Fold the dosa before flipping.

5. Green Adai

Take green vegetables such as peas, spinach, curry leaves, coriander, etc. Add them to the adai mix along with the water. Mix well, take a ladle full and make adai as before.

6. Mixed Vegetable Adai

You can add finely chopped pieces of your favorite vegetables to the adai mix along with water and make the adai.

Alternatively you can cook these vegetables with the curry powder and then prepare a sandwich by keeping it between two adais.

Using your imagination and creativity you can churn out a variety of dishes using the plain dosa mix or the adai mix. By adding vegetables we improve the nutritious value of the dish and it becomes a complete meal.

The curry powder adds an exotic taste to the vegetables. The chutney powder is a very tasty side dish that goes with the dosa perfectly.

Try out these instant dosa recipes and send me your questions, clarifications or feedback.

And don't forget we have a variety of instant mixes for Indian Recipes.

What is the Difference Between a Dosa and a Pancake?

Do you know what is the difference between a dosa and a pancake?

"Pancakes are a type of flatbread prepared from a sweet batter that is cooked on a hot griddle or in a frying pan. They exist in several variations in many different local cuisines. Most pancakes are quick breads, although some are also made using a yeast-raised or fermented batter". [Wikipedia]

Dosa is made out of a batter prepared with rice and lentils cooked over a frying pan with cooking oil. You can make different types of dosas such as crisp dosa, steamed dosa, carrot dosa, masala dosa, sweet dosa, etc. Dosa is an Indian dish that is usually eaten with coconut "Chutney", dal called "Sambar" and potato "curry".

Watch a musical video on making pancake and watch another video on making dosa to get an idea.



How to do you make a Pancake? How to Make Dosa with Instant Dosa Mix? You can use the same kind of mixer that is used for pancake, instead of mixing it with a ladle as shown in the Indian video.You can also add other ingredients to the dosa and make different types of dosas.You can eat dosa with the side dish you usually use with pancakes.

Rukmini's Rare Recipes - Instant Dosa Mix

This is my mother Rukmini, who has 60 + years of experience in cooking. She has been passionate about cooking and innovating new dishes that are easy to cook, healthy to eat and delicious to taste.

Most of her preparations were specially prepared for me. I hate spending time in the kitchen and whenever I am alone at home, I do not want to cook at all. So my mother has been couriering me special recipes that I can cook in minutes. Some of her creations I can eat even without cooking.

Her main concern has always been to ensure that the recipes she creates are nutritious. Each recipe is a full meal and a balanced diet.

My mother spends a lot of time in the kitchen. She tests and tweaks her recipes till they are perfect. She is never satisfied by her own creations and every time she makes a new recipe she would say, "This has not come out well. I should have stirred it for one more minute". All of us would be thrilled by the new taste of her creations, but she will go on perfecting it. At times we got irritated with her minute analysis of the recipes. We also used to get irritated with her desire to feed us till we almost shouted and said, "Not a morsel more, mom".

She loves creating new recipes and feeding others. Her house is full of guests and even at this age (she is nearing 80) she takes a lot of trouble to cook exotic recipes. Any unannounced guests will always get sumptuously fed whatever the time of the day, they may visit her.

Instant Dosa is just one of the many, many recipes created by my mother. She has tested and tweaked the proportion of the contents to ensure any one can cook delicious dosas in minutes and enjoy a healthy, nutritious meal.

The usual preparation of the dosa batter takes hours and you need to spend two days in soaking the grains, grinding it to a paste and allowing it to ferment. My mother found a way to cut short the process so that a person like me can prepare the batter under a minute and get the dosa ready in two more minutes.

The crucial difference between all ready mix products available in shops and Instant Dosa Mix is:

"This ready mix was not made to be sold. It was prepared by a mother for her daughter".

Why am I announcing the sale of the mix, you might ask...

I want to thank my mom for all that she has done for me.

Well, by the time we are to celebrate my mother's 80th birthday, I want as many people as possible to have tasted at least one of her creations and recognize her talent.

The packet, in fact, includes three of her creations. You will get free "chutney powder" and "curry powder". People who have tasted her chutney powder and curry powder keep sending me emails for days on end saying they have never tasted anything like that before.

Annabelle Nelson from Arizona says, "...It was easy to mix and cook, and the chutney with the coconut was outstanding. Excellent, nutritious and easy..."

Try her instant dosa mix once and you will never forget the experience.

I know the courier charges are deep. But in a San Francisco restaurunt, I have waited in line to get a place to eat their dosa... and it cost me $30.

Here for 1 lb of dosa mix, which can get you nearly 30 dosas, we are charging only $5.50. $65.50 is the shipping and handling charge for international orders. Even with a steep courier charge the amount is only $71.00. I would have had to spend $900 for 30 dosas in US.

The whole purpose of announcing this Instant Dosa Mix sale is not to make a lot of profit but to spread the word about Rukmini's Rare Recipes. Try it once and you won't regret it.

Get Your Supplies Together to Make Dosa

What are the things you need to make dosa, Indian pancake?

Check out the kitchenware required to make dosa.

All you need to make dosa is

- a flat pan (preferably non-stick, if you are new to making dosa),

- a ladle,

- a spatula,

- a tea spoon

- instant dosa mix,

- cooking oil and

- water.

You might already have an omelette pan, a spatula and a ladle at home. You can use them to make dosa.

If you do not have these things you can easily get them in online shops or regular brick and mortar shops.

Before you start making dosa get these supplies together.

Instant Dosa Mix



Water

1:2 is the ratio of water to instant dosa mix powder - that is one part powder and two parts water.

Cooking Oil

You need two tea spoons of cooking oil per dosa. You can also make dosa with less oil or without oil.

flat pan



Ladle



spatula

Watch Video In Tamil - Making Dosa

Indian Dosa Made With Instant Dosa Mix


This video is in Tamil. If you do not know Tamil, check the previous post. You can watch the video with Hariprasad Chaurasia's exotic flute.

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Watch Video - Learn to Make Dosa

Make Dosa In Minutes with Instant Dosa Mix

Enjoy Hariprasad Chaurasia's flute and the making of dosa.Here are the instructions:

- Take the required quantity of the mix.
- Add two parts water.

- Use a ladle of the type shown in the video.

- Make a circular shape on a flat pan.

- Cook over medium heat.

- Add two tea spoons of cooking oil.

- Fold and flip.

- Serve with a side dish.

The usual side dish for dosa is "chutney" but you can also eat it with sauce, ketchup, pickles, curry powder, etc.

Dosa - Easy to Cook, Healthy to Eat, Delicious to Taste

The usual way of making dosa is laborious, but with instant mix, dosa is easy to cook. It takes just a few minutes to get things ready and prepare a dosa.

Dosa is healthy to eat because it has carbohydrates, proteins, calcium, iron and magnesium. For toddlers, old people as well as young and energetic adults, dosa is a complete meal with all the required nutrients.

The taste of dosa is has to be relished and felt. If you taste dosa once, the delicious taste will remain in your memory for years to come.

You can learn more about dosa from Instant Pancake Mix
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The Making of Dosa - Easy or difficult?

If you want to make dosa the usual way, you have to prepare a day in advance. In fact, it is two days if you include the fermentation process.

You need to soak rice and dal, grind it and leave it for fermentation.

But making dosa with instant mix is child's play. It takesa few minutes to make one dosa. No advanced preparation is necessary.

All you do is to take two table spoons of the mix, add four table spoons of water and cook on a pan with two tea spoon cooking oil.

Everything including salt is added to instant dosa mix.

Even if you have never made dosa before you will be able to do it in minutes.

Dosa, Indian Pancake, Healthy Nutritious Meal

Dosa is a South Indian dish that is loved by all Indians as well as people who visit India. Dosa is healthy to eat and delicious to taste.

The usual making of dosa batter is a laborious process. Now a Instant Dosa Mix is available that makes dosa

easy to cook, healthy to eat and delicious to taste.