Healthy Channa Dosa/ Kondakadalai Dosai

Healthy Channa Dosa/ Kondakadalai Dosai

 Recipe Cuisine: Indian |  Recipe Category: Breakfast | Prep Time: 10 mins | 
|Soak time : 7 Hrs | Cook time: 10 mins

Channa is also called Chickpeas which is high in fiber and protein. It is very flavorful and protein rich dosai. It is a tasty food for diabetes also. The iron, phosphate, calcium, magnesium, manganese, zinc, and vitamin K in channa all contribute to building and maintaining bone structure and strength.It is a healthy and yummy breakfast or dinner dish. Serve with your favorite chutney and enjoy the dish

Ingredients

• White Channa - 1 Cup
• Raw rice - 1/2 Cup
• Flattened Rice/ Aval - 1/4 Cup
• Red Chilies - 4
• Curry leaves - 3 Springs ( Chopped)
• Chopped Small Onion - 1/4 Cup
• Grated Coconut - 3 tsp
• Salt - As needed
• Oil - As needed

Method

Step 1:

• Wash and soak the Channa in water and set it aside for 6-7 hours.
• Soak the rice for 2 hours and flattened rice for 15 mins separately.
• Take a blender, Add soaked channa first and grind it smoothly,  then add soaked rice with it and grind it, and then add flattened rice, Red chilies in it, grind all together as a smooth batter of a medium consistency.
• Transfer it to a bowl, Add chopped curry leaves and salt and mix everything to a nice and smooth batter like normal dosa batter.
• Meanwhile add chopped onion, grated coconut, a pinch of salt in a separate bowl, keep aside.

Step 2:

• Grease a non stick flat pan/ Dosa tawa and heat it smoky hot.
• Pour a ladleful of batter, Spread it thin or thick as u wish. Drizzle a tsp of oil around the dosa and in the middle of dosa. sprinkle the onion coconut mixture all over the dosa. cover tawa with a lid and Let it cook in medium flame for few minutes.
• Flip the dosa and cook the other side for few minutes.
• Remove the cooked dosa from tawa and continue making dosa with the rest of the batter
• Serve Hot with Chutney.

Notes

•  You can refrigerate the batter and use it the next day.
• You can also use Black Channa instead of using white.
• The batter should not be too runny or too thick.
• You can also add grated carrot along with the Onion.