HEALTHY RAGI-OATMEAL DOSA

Ingredients

ragi flour  1/2 cup

oatmeal   1/2 cup

rice flour  1/2 cup 

semolina/sooji/rava   1/2 cup

water  2 1/2 cups

green chillies, finely chopped  1 tsp 

ginger   1 tsp grated

black pepper   1/2 tsp crushed

freshly chopped coriander leaves   2 tbsp

oil/ ghee as needed 

salt to taste

Method

In a large bowl combine the Semolina, flours and salt. Stir 2 cups of water to make a thick batter. Allow the batter to rest for about 10 minutes.

Stir in the remaining ingredients except the oil/ghee. Combine well. Finally add 1/2 cup more water to the batter to make it of thin pouring consistency. It is thinner than the pancake/dosa batter.

Thinner the batter, you'll get crisper dosas, as it spreads, having holes, like plain rava dosa.

Heat a iron skillet or dosa tawa on high heat. Make sure the skillet is very hot. To test the heat, sprinkle some water on the skillet, it will sizzle loud. This is when you know you skillet is ready to make the Rava Dosa.

Pour a ladle of the batter starting from the outer edges. The batter will sizzle and spread itself forming holes. Fill in the batter where there are gaps. Although allow the dosa to have a few holes.

Turn the heat to medium, if you want a crisp dosa. The slower it cooks, the crispier it gets.

Drizzle about 1/2 teaspoon of oil around the dosa and allow it to cook for 2-3 minutes on medium heat. Once cooked turn it over and allow to cook for another minute. At this stage the dosa will be thin and crisp, with one side golden brown in colour.

Remove the dosa off the skillet and fold from both sides. Repeat to make the remaining dosas. Serve hot with sambar and tomato chutney, or milagai podi.

Note: Do not try to spread the batter like we do for the normal dosa. The batter should be thin enough to flow and spread itself on the tava and form shape on its own. You can turn the skillet around to help form a shape without using a ladle.

Health benefits- ragi is a good source of iron & calcium. Oatmeal has lots of fibre, helps to reduce cholesterol.

Green chillies & coriander leaves are good sources of Vitamin C.

Ginger aids in digestion, reduces gas, has anti-inflammatory properties.

To make it healthier, you may grate some carrots, potatoes, onion, but then the dosa won't be very thin, but healthy & filling.

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