Cabbage Polo - Cabbage Dosa

A short weekend stay @your native place with your mother and ma- in -law making no compromise in pampering you makes you very lazy :-)....so much that you find the simple job of making a cup of coffee so tedious.Back in Bangalore(in the literary sense ) i was still in the hangover of  all the festivities ;( we konkanis celebrated sutta punnav/ aavani avittam on Saturday and choodi pooja on Sunday) the memorable get to gathers and all the scrumptious food.The weather here is very cold and it is heavy rains all over. I'm feeling like eating something special without putting in much effort .So i thought of making this dosa.It is very easy to make and the batter needs no fermentation.



As the name suggests this dosa is made using cabbage.In the authentic recipe we need to use 3/4 cup of fresh grated coconut for 1 cup of rice.I have made some alterations in my recipe by grinding cooked rice and some grated cabbage along with the rice ,thereby reducing the quantity of grated coconut.I have not found any difference in the taste.So you can do it the either way :-)
       
 Ingredients:-

Dosa rice-200gms
Fresh grated coconut-100gms
Cabbage(chopped very finely)-100gms
Dry red chillies-6 nos
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Tamarind- in the size of 1 kidney beans(soak it in a tsp of water and take the extract)
Cooked rice-11/2 tbsp
Salt
Water

Method:-

Wash the rice thoroughly and soak it in water for at least four hours.

Grind the soaked rice along with grated coconut,cooked rice , 2 tbsp of chopped cabbage,dry red chillies,turmeric powder and tamarind extract.Add the required amount of water while grinding.The batter should have the same consistency like a normal dosa batter.

Take the batter in a bowl and add salt and the remaining chopped cabbage.The batter is ready.You have to refrigerate the batter if you are not going to use it immediately.It can be stored for one day.

                                                        

Grease an iron /indolium tawa with oil.Take a ladle full of batter and spread it like you spread a normal dosa.These dosas will be slightly thicker than a normal dosa.Spread some oil on the dosa .when one side is done turn the dosa and spread some oil on the other side also.Serve hot with coconut oil.you will surely love it.Do try.