Turmeric Root Dosa - Manjal Dosa

Colourful Medicated Turmeric root Dosa.

Recipe Source: Chandra Padmanabhan's Turmeric Dosa.  I picked this recipe from  Priya Srinivasan Blog


Ingredients

Crispy Turmeric Root Dosa

Ingredients
Raw rice 1 ½   cup

Idli rice – ½  cups
urad dal – ½ cup
methi seeds/fenugreek seeds 1/2 tspn
grated fresh  turmeric root – 1 inch piece
Salt to taste

gingly oil or ghee - required qty

Method 

1.  Wash and soak rice and dal separately. Soak the fenugreek seeds along with urad dal. Let this soak for 3 hours. 

2.  Drain the water from urad dal and methi seeds grind smooth batter and remove the batter to a clean bowl

3.  Now drain the water from rice and turmeric root and grind smooth batter.

4.  Remove the rice batter and mix both batter together

5.  Let the batter sit overnight or at least 6-8 hours to ferment. Add salt to the batter and mix well. Heat a flat tava/dosa pan,

6.  Rub with litter onion and oil pour a ladle of batter in the center of tawa and spread it slowly thin big circle, drop the gingely oil or ghee around the dosa let it cook medium flame till  it becomes golden brown ( top portion should cook completely) fold half to dosa and remove from pan. Serve with your choice of side dish.

Note :In this dosa priya used idli rice , i used here both raw rice and idli rice.

Turmeric Root 

Turmeric is used for arthritis, heartburn (dyspepsia), joint pain, stomach pain, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, bypass surgery, hemorrhage, diarrhea, intestinal gas, stomach bloating, loss of appetite, jaundice, liver problems, Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection, stomach ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), gallbladder disorders, high cholesterol, a skin condition called lichen planus, skin inflammation from radiation treatment, and fatigue.

This recipe goes to Srivalli's cookng from cookbook challenge  May 2017