Masala Dosa

Masala dosa is made by stuffing or wraping the dosa with the potato-onion filling. 

To make the batter of the dosa please click on the following link.

Dosa Batter Recipe

Here is the recipe of the potato-onion filling.

Ingredients for the filling: 

• Potatoes - 3 large
• Sliced Onion - 1 large
• Green Chillies - 3 or to taste
• Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Chana Dal - 2 tsp
• Urad Dal - 1 tsp
• Curry Leaves - 1 spring
• Ginger - 1 tsp grated or paste
• Chopped Cilantro - 2-3 springs
• Hing - a pinch
• Ghee or Oil - 2 tbsp

Directions: 

For making the filling: 

• Pressure cook the potatoes till tender. After cooling, peel them off and mash them coarsely with a potato masher. Keep aside
• Heat ghee or oil in a pan, and splutter mustard seeds, then add urad dal and chana dal. Fry till they slightly change the color.
• Add hing, onions, curry leaves, ginger, turmeric powder and green chillies. Saute till onions turn translucent. 
• Add the mashed potato and salt , mix well and cook for 3-4 minutes till all the ingredients combine.
• Add finely chopped cilantro in the end.
• The potato filling is done.

Now lets look at the method to assemble the dosa and the filling.

Dosa: 

• Heat the tawa or skillet on med-high heat.
• Sprinkle few drops of oil and take an onion cut into half and with the help of the surface of the cut onion, spread the oil drop all over the tawa.
• Now sprinkle a few drops of water on the tawa and the water droplets should sizzle and evaporate right away. You can repeat this step before making each dosa.
• Now pour a ladle of batter ( 1/4 cup ) on the hot tawa and gently spread it into a circle. ( spread it by the back of the ladle, moving into circular motion )
• When it is spread, spray or drizzle a few drops of cooking oil or ghee all over the dosa.
• Cook on medium till the bottom part of the dosa turns brownish. The sides of the dosa come off the tawa. 
• Take 2-4 tbsp of the potato filling and put it in the center of the dosa. 
• There are two ways you can flip the dosa. one, just fold the dosa into half ( like in pic ) or second, flip both the sides of the dosa one over the other so the the filling is totally covered.
• Serve immediately with sambar and chutney of your choice.