Aug 21, 2012

Snake-gourd seed Dosa ( Phoddale beeye polo )



Ingredients :

White rice – 1 cup
Snack-gourd seed / phoddale bee / padavalakayi beeja – 1 cup
Grated coconut – 2 tsp
Red chillies – 7 to 8
Salt – To taste
Tamarind – A little
Oil – As required for making dosa.

Method :

Soak white rice for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes , drain the water from white rice completely. Keep aside.
Grind grated coconut + red chillies + tamarind into smooth paste.  Before taking out the ground paste, add the white rice ( drained water and kept )  and grind again into medium consistency batter.Before taking out the ground batter, add the snake-gourd seeds ( phoddale bee ) and salt to the mixer and grind again once coarsely. ( SEEDS ARE NOT BE DISCARDED IF LEFT WHILE GRINDING ). Take the ground batter in a bowl.
On a tawa, heat oil. Prepare dosa as usual. ( cook both side of dosa )
Serve hot with dal ( dalitoy ) and cooked rice.