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Kadapa Karam Dosa | Spicy Dosa | Perfect Red Chilli Dosa

Breakfast Recipes | vegetarian

  • Prep Time 5 Mins
  • Cook Time 20 Mins
  • Servings 25

Ingredients

  • Ingredients for Dosa batter
  • 1 cup Black gram
  • 3 cups Rice
  • 1 tsp Fenugreek
  • Water - for grinding
  • Salt - sufficient
  • For red Chilli powder
  • 20 - 25 Red Chillies
  • Salt
  • 1 tsp Cumin
  • 2 Onion
  • Water - for grinding
  • Hot water - for soaking red Chillies
  • For gram powder
  • 5 - 6 Garlic
  • 1/2 cup Roasted Bengal Gram/Chick Peas
  • Salt
  • Bombay fresh pickle
  • Tamarind - lemon sized
  • 2 tbsp Bengal gram
  • Salt
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric
  • 1/2 tsp Mustard
  • 1 tsp Black gram
  • 1/2 tsp Cumin
  • 2 tsp Oil
  • 1/2 tsp Ginger
  • 1 tsp Chopped green Chilli
  • 2 Curry leaves
  • 350 ml Water

Instructions

  1. Grind Bengal Gram, Rice, Fenugreek, which were soaked for 4 hours, into a smooth batter. Keep it aside for 12 hours till it becomes sour. (Follow the tips)
  2. Add Salt and Water if required to this sour batter.
  3. For Red Chilli paste, soak Red Chillies for 15 minutes in hot water.
  4. Grind these Red Chillies along with Salt, Cumin, Onion pieces into a soft paste. (for another method, follow tips)
  5. For gram powder, grind Garlic and Chick Peas into a soft powder.
  6. For making Bombay chutney, add Bengal flour, Salt, Water to the Tamarind pulp. Mix it well using your hand without any lumps.
  7. Heat some oil in a pan, add Mustard, Bengal Gram and roast it. Now add Red Chilli, Cumin, Curry leaves, chopped Green Chillies, chopped Ginger, Turmeric and fry for some more time.
  8. Once the seasoning is ready, reduce the flame, add Bengal flour water to it and stir it well till you get one boil without forming lumps.
  9. Now add salt as per taste and remove from flame. (Follow the tips to make perfect Bombay fresh pickle).
  10. Heat the Tawa, spread one big spoon of batter on it and spread it in 1/4th inch thickness.
  11. Use 1.5 tbsp Oil pouring it along with the corners of the Dosa. Now roast it patiently pouring some Ghee on the top of it and spread it thoroughly and roast it well on both sides. (Follow tips for roasting the Dosa)
  12. After it is roasted well on both sides, spread 1 tbsp Red Chilli paste all over it and sprinkle the Gram powder over it. Fold the Dosa into half and serve it hot with Bombay fresh pickle or Coconut Chutney.