Soft & Spongy Dosa With Urad Dal Flour#SundayFunday

I wanted to make dosa for breakfast so the previous day I washed the rice, kept it for soaking. Took out the box of urad dal, there was only 1/4 cup of lentils in it. Since I had already soaked the rice, I used urad dal flour which is always ground at home. Voila .... a new recipe came in to being. The dosa's were so soft, spongy and had a natural sweet taste. The color of the dosa were not white like when you grind lentils, it has a light brown color, see pics. Let's see how I made these dosa's!

Ingredients
3 Cups Sona Masuri Rice
1 Cup Urad Dal Flour
½ Cup Poha powder
½ Cup Idli Rawa
1 Teaspoon Fenugreek seeds
½ Teaspoon Heaped Sea Salt
A Pinch Of Baking Soda

Method

Wash and soak the rice with methi seeds for two hours. After two hours drain the water and grind it to fine paste. Then in the same blender as you are grinding the rice little by little add the flour of the urad, poha and blend till it bubbles. Like wise grind all the flour and rice.

Pour this batter in a large vessel/pot add the salt and baking soda mix very well with you hand. Keep this to ferment overnight. This batter will not rise like the normal dosa batter. You will see large bubble and will be slightly risen. In the morning add the idli rawa and give it a very good mix. Keep this aside for minimum 2 hours. After 2 hours heat a non stick pan /dosa pan on medium low flame.

Brush a non stick with oil, pour a ladle full of batter into the center of the pan and spread it by rotating the pan. Do not use the spoon to spread the batter. Place a lid and keep the flame high for a minute. Then reduce the flame to low and let it cook till done and the bottom is light brown. Flip it and cook it for a minute only. Take it on to a serving plate.

Enjoy with Potato Sabzi and Red Coconut Chutney
Labels: Dosa, Gluten free, Vegan, Pancake, South Indian, Sunday Funday, Breakfast, Healthy

For Sunday Funday we sharing Hot Breakfast Recipes.

• An English Fry Up with a Kiss of California from Culinary Cam
• Chinese Steamed Eggs from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Corned Beef Hash from Amy's Cooking Adventures
• Leftover Veg and Paneer Paratha from Cook with Renu
• Mini Scones from Food Lust People Love
• Sausage and Spinach Breakfast Casserole from Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Soft & Spongy Dosa With Urad Dal Flour from Sneha's Recipe
• Sweet Italian Sausage Quiche with Ricotta from Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice

Gluten Free Besan Cheela/Chickpea Flour Pancake#SundayFunday

I, have made these Gluten Free Besan Cheela/Chickpea Flour Pancake two ways one without cheese and the other with cheese. They both taste good, but, hubby loved the one with cheese. We usually make this for a light dinner with soup or when we have guest for breakfast. This is quick one to make and the best part it that you can add or minus whatever spices or veggies you like a very versatile recipe. You can make this vegan but no adding the yogurt, instead add a pinch of baking soda to get a fully pancake.

Serves 4
Ingredients
2 Cups Besan/Chickpea flour
1 Scallions /Spring Onion- finely chopped.
1 Medium Tomato - finely chopped
•Red Pepper flakes - 1/2 tea spoon.
½ Teaspoon Turmeric powder
¼ Teaspoon Ajwain/Carom Seeds
2 Green Chillies - finely chopped
Butter or Oil as required
Salt to taste
2 Tablespoons Yogurt - optional
2 Tablespoon Finely Chopped Coriander leaves
Grated Cheese - as required

Method

Take a bowl, add chickpea flour, salt, pepper, chopped tomatoes, chopped onions, chopped green chilies, chopped coriander, carom seeds, mix this like a pancake batter. 

Heat a non stick pan with butter, pour the batter like pancake on the heated griddle, cook this both sides. 

Serve hot with sauce or chutney.
For The Cheese Cheela 

Added a little cheese in the batter  

Also spread cheese after flipping and fold. 

Cook till both sides of the fold are golden. 

Enjoy!!

Labels: Gluten free, Besan, Pancake, Scallions, Cheese, Breakfast, Healthy, Sunday Funday, Indian

For Sunday Funday we are sharing Savoury Pancake Recipes 

• Bacon, Chive, & Ricotta Pancakes from Amy’s Cooking Adventures
• A Savory Pannekoeken from Culinary Cam
• Crepes Sushi from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Colcannon Cakes from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
• Savoury Chickpea Flour Pancakes from Mayuri’s Jikoni
• Gluten Free Besan Cheela/Chickpea Flour Pancake from Sneha’s Recipe
• Potato Pancakes from Palatable Pastime
• Oats and Lentil Pancakes (Chila) from Cook with Renu

Potato Rosti#EatTheWorld

Rostis (or properly spelt rösti), has it origine from Switzerland, they are typically  pan fried in a skillet then cut up to serve as a side dish for a meal.

Serves One
Ingredients
500 Grams Potatoes
¾ Teaspoon Salt
½ Teaspoon Black pepper powder
Desi Ghee or Clarified Butter as required

Method

Grate the raw potatoes using a standard box grater.
Squeeze out the excess liquid by grabbing handfuls and squeezing out as much water you can then transfer to a bowl.
Mix the potatoes with a tablespoon of melted ghee or butter or clarified butter, if that’s what you’re using), salt and pepper.

Heat a a tablespoon of ghee in a skillet lightly, and spread all the potatoes on it don’t pack it down tightly. We want FLUFFY on the inside! It will seem quite thick but once it cooks down to it will flatten.

Cook for 12 minutes on medium low to make the underside golden or till the strands to cook through until soft and bond together enough to be sliceable without falling apart. This is the reason it’s best not to rinse the grated potato – because it removes much more starch than just squeezing out excess water. This results in “slippery” potato strands, rather than bonding together.

It takes longer than you think to become golden because residual water from the potato leeches out and that needs to evaporate – which also sort of “steam-cooks” the inside – before the underside goes golden and crispy. 

Flip! When the underside is golden (use a rubber spatula to peek), using a round wooden board with a handle or a plate. Slide the rosti back in, uncooked side down and cook for a further 12 minutes or until you can slide a knife through the centre easily. 

Slide the rosti onto a serving platter or cutting board. Cut into (large!) wedges and serve immediately! My hubby enjoyed this as a complete meal.

My Notes

If you like your Potato Rosti crispy instead of soggy, and deep golden instead instead of burnt, don’t skimp on the fat. If you want ultimate flavor, use clarified butter/ ghee like the Swiss do instead of butter or oil.

Each month Evelyne of CulturEatz invites us to visit a country and explore their foods. This month it's Switzerland .

Check out all the wonderful Swiss dishes prepared by fellow Eat the World members and share with #eattheworld. 

Find out how to join Eat the World here and have fun exploring a country a month in the kitchen with us! 

Culinary Cam: Let's Talk Swiss Cheese: Raclette + Älpermakkaronen 

Sneha’s Recipe: Potato Rosti 

Amy’s Cooking Adventures: Bündner Gerstensuppe (Swiss Barley Soup)

Labels: Switzerland, Potato, Rosti , Eat the World, Gluten free, Vegan, Single Serving, Pancake 

Pannekaken - Norwegian Pancakes#SundayFunday

These Norwegian pancakes are thinner, lighter, delicate, and yet hearty. Pancakes are ideal for breakfast, for a brunch or a perfect sweet for dessert after a meal or savoury toppings and fillings for lunch boxes. Since I, was making this sweet, added vanilla extract.
Makes 8 pancakes used a 10" skillet
250ml Cup
Ingredients
2 Eggs
1 Cup All Purpose Flour
1½+- Cups Milk
¼ Teaspoon Salt
¼ Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 Tablespoon Caster Sugar
Butter for greasing the pan

Method

Whisk the eggs, salt, sugar, milk until they turns frothy, now add the flour and whisk everything into a thin batter. Let this rest for 10 minutes.

Heat a greased non stick pan with butter on medium flame, spoon the batter and move the griddle to form a thin circle.

Cook on on low flame until they turns light golden in color from the bottom. Then flip and let is cook for a minute. Remove to a plate. Repeat with remaining batter.

Serve warm with powdered sugar, jam or Nutella.
These were great! Thin and tasty, not very sweet, perfect with sweet toppings or savory fillings! A must try recipe!

Labels: Pancake, Norwegian, Sunday Funday, Breakfast, Brunch, Savory

For Sunday Funday we are Cooking for Leif Erikson Day

Meatball Lefse Wraps from Amy’s Cooking Adventures

Crispy Green Herb Patties from Food Lust People Love

Kjøttkaker med brunsaus (Norwegian Meatballs) from A Day in the Life on the Farm

Norwegian Havre Kjeks (Sweet and Salty Oatmeal Rounds) from Karen’s Kitchen Stories

Pannekaken - Norwegian Pancakes from Sneha’s Recipe

Suaasat, a Greenlandic Christmas Stew from Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Swedish Pickled Herring Appetizer from Palatable Pastime

Šmorn With Raisins - A Slovenian Pancake#EattheWorld

This is one dish that I really enjoyed for breakfast when I visited Slovenia. This is also had for supper/dinner with a fresh salad... which makes light and delicious meal!

Šmorn (shmorn) a Slovenian-style buttery, double-fried, pancaken it's a traditional Slovenian breakfast/brunch. It’s something of a cross between a crepe and a pancake. It is very easy to make and children will love it.

Serves One
Ingredients
2 Large Eggs - separated
¼ Cup Whole Milk
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 Tablespoon Sugar
2 Tablespoons Butter
¼ Cup All Purpose Flour
1/8 Teaspoon Salt
¼ Cup Raisins
¼ Cup Rum
Icing Sugar - for dusting the top
Method

Soak the raisins in rum till it covers and let it sit at least for half an hour. 

After that drain all the rum in a strainer and let it drain any excess moisture.
Separate the egg whites and yolks. 

Beat the egg whites till soft peaks.

To the yolks add the salt, sugar and vanilla and milk and whisk till well blended. 

Then fold in the egg whites, little at a time till no white patches are seen. 

The pancake batter is ready!

Heat a 6" dia skillet with 1½ tablespoons butter. Heat until the butter starts to bubble, then pour in the batter mixture, tip the pan back and forth until the bottom is completely covered with an even coating of batter. 

Sprinkle the drained raisins on top. Let is cook on low flame, covered for 5 minutes on one side or until the batter is firm and the edges begin to brown, then turn.

To flip take this on to a plate then flip it back into the pan.

Before adding the pancake back add ½ tablespoon butter and then add the pancake, let it cook till the other sides is golden or has a pretty uniform toast color or has browned, uncovered, although this side will be spotty as the šmorn will crinkle a bit while cooking.

Transfer this to a serving plate.

Dust/sprinkle with icing sugar. 

Enjoy this with jam of your choice and a cup of coffee or tea. This is served open-faced. 

Fruit jams and jellies work well as a filling. So does butter and a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar.

Labels: Eat the World, Slovenia, Pancake, Brunch, Raisins, International Cuisine,,Serves One

Each month a group of us join Evelyne of CulturEatz as she travels to different countries to Eat the World.

Check out all the wonderful Slovak dishes prepared by fellow Eat the World members and share with #eattheworld. Click here to find out how to join and have fun exploring a country a month in the kitchen with us! 

 Amy’s Cooking Adventures: Slovakian Garlic & Potato Soup (Cesnaková Polievka) 

Sneha’s Recipe : Šmorn With Raisins - A Slovenian Pancake 

Magical Ingredients: Granadir 

Pandemonium Noshery: Mäso v Chreňovej Omáčke - Meat in Horseradish Sauce 

Cultureatz: Štefani Pečenka: Meatloaf with Hard-Boiled Eggs 

Kitchen Frau: Bryndzové Halušky (Potato Dumplings with Cheese & Bacon) 

A Day in the Life on the Farm: Hemendex

Fluffy Yummy Banana Pancakes#SundayFunday

These pancakes were really yummy! Perfectly fluffy and delicious, has a perfect amount of banana and sweetness.
I made exactly 6 large pancakes (about the size of a saucer each) and I could only eat about two. You do have to make sure you cook it long enough on the second side when you make them this large.

You can also switch out half of the flour for whole wheat for an extra healthy option. I made these for Sunday Brunch and we loved them.

Ingredients
For The Wet Ingredients
1 Cup Milk
1 Large Egg - lightly beaten
2 Tablespoons Melted Butter - I used salted
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract 
For The Dry Ingredients
1½ Cups All Purpose flour
3 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
1 Tablespoon Baking powder
¼ Teaspoon Salt
1 Cup Mashed Bananas
For The Topping
Maple Syrup
Mini Chocolate Chips

Method 
To Make the Batter

In a blender jar, blend together the wet ingredients along with the banana and pulse it 2 or three times.
In a larger bowl, combine the dry ingredients and mix it well. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and fold together gently until just combined (do not over mix the batter).

Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Heat a teaspoon of butter. Add pancake batter ½ cup per pancake in the center (do not spread this batter). Cover with a lid and cook until bubbles form on top when the top is cooked then flip . Cook for another minute or two or until golden brown.

Serve with maple syrup and chocolate chips to your pancake stack. Devour ...Enjoy!!

Labels : Breakfast, Brunch, Pancake, Banana, Sunday Funday, American, International Cuisine, Egg

For our event called Sunday Funday, wherein we share recipes our families will love to enjoy on a Sunday. Our host for this week's event is Stacy of Food Lust People Love.
Sunday Funday: " Pancakes Galore" 

• 5-Ingredient Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes from Palatable Pastime
• Cinnamon Roll Pancakes from Our Good Life
• Fluffy Yummy Banana Pancakes from Sneha’s Recipe 
• Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes from Amy's Cooking Adventures
• Hobak Jeon - Korean Zucchini Pancakes from Food Lust People Love
• Mini Vegan Yachaejeon (Korean Pancakes) from Sizzling Tastebuds
• Pearl Millet Pancakes/Chamchamiya from Mayuri’s Jikoni
• Rice Cooker Pancake from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Sheet Pan Pancakes from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
• Strawberry Japanese Soufflé Pancakes from Culinary Adventures with Camilla