Ingredients for Jowar Dosa Recipe

Preparation Time : 8 hrs soaking + 1 hr  Cooking Time: 30 mins  Serves:10

• 1 Cup of Vellai Cholam / Sorghum / Jowar
• 1 Cup of Idly Rice
• 1/2 Cup of Urad Dal
• 1/2 Tsp of Fenugreek Seeds
• Salt to taste

Method for Jowar Dosa Recipe

• Soak both jowar and rice together in water for overnight.
• Soak urad dal and fenugreek seeds separately  in water for overnight.
• Grind urad dal and fenugreek seeds by adding adequete water to a smooth paste.
• Grind jowar (cholam) and rice together by adding adequate water to a smooth batter.
• In a bowl, mix both the batter and salt, allow it to ferment for 6 hrs or overnight.
• Heat the griddle, pour ladleful of batter and spread it in circular motion.
• Drizzle oil around the dosa, and cook till it turns golden brown, flip it to other side and cook for few mins .
• Remove the dosa from the pan and serve with tomato chutney and sambar.

Tips 

• Always cook dosa in a medium flame.
• You can add grated carrots to the batter to make it healthy.

Ingredients for Mixed vegetable pulao recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins  Cooking Time : 20 mins Serves: 2-3

• 1 Cup of Raw Rice
• 2 Cups of Water

To Grind

• 1/2 Onion
• 5 Garlic Cloves
• 1 Inch of Ginger
• 3 Green Chilly
• 1/2 Tsp of Fennel Seeds
• 1 Medium Size Cinnamon Stick
• 3 Cloves (small)
• 1 Cardamom
• 5 Cashews or almonds
• 1 Star Anise (small)

To Saute

• 1 Tbsp of Cooking Oil
• 1 Tbsp of Ghee
• 1 Bay Leaf
• 1/2 Tsp of Lichen (kalpasi)
• 1/2 Tsp of Fennel Seed
• 1 Red Onion, Chopped
• 2 Carrots, Chopped
• 10 Beans, Chopped
• 1/3 Cup of Peas
• 1 Potato, Small
• 3 Mushroom, Chopped
• 1/2 Tsp of Red Chilly Powder
• 1/2 Tsp of Garam Masala
• 2 Tsp of Coriander Powder
• Salt to taste
• 2 Tsp of Fried Onions
• 1 Tsp of Lemon Juice.
• Few Coriander Leaves
• 3-5 croutons

Method for Mixed vegetable pulao recipe

• Wash and soak the rice in water for 30 mins.
• In a blender, add all the ingredients listed under “To Grind” along with water to a smooth paste.
• Chop all the vegetables and onion, keep it aside.
• Heat a pressure cooker, add oil and ghee, when it is hot, add bay leaf, kalpasi, fennel seeds and mint leaves, then add onion, saute well for 2 mins till it turns golden brown.
• Add the ground masala paste, saute well until raw smell vanishes. Add coriander powder, garam masala and red chilly powder, saute this for a min.
• Add chopped vegetables and salt, saute this for 2 mins.
• Finally add rice, water, mix well. Check the salt. Add fried onion on top. Close the lid. Pressure cook for 2 whistles and turn off the flame.
• Open the lid, add lemon juice and coriander leaves, gently mix with fork. Add salt, if needed.
• Hot, yummy mixed vegetable pulao is ready to serve with onion or cucumber raita.

Tips

• Add more green chilly, if you want it spicy.
• I made this pulao with sona masoori rice (raw rice/paccharisi), you can make this pulao with basmathi rice too.
• If you are using basmathi, use 1.5 cups of water for 1 cup of rice. For sona massori, use 2 cups of water for 1 cup of rice.
• If you don’t have ghee, adding butter gives a nice flavor.
• Adding fried onion gives rich taste to pulao.
• You can add any vegetables of your choice like capsicum or cauliflower or beetroot.