Davanagere Benne Dosa - Karnataka Special

Karnataka, this state is in Southern part of India  located in the Deccan plateau. This state have many cultural heritage and this reflects in their cuisine and foods. Obviously this state have a diversity and amazing food culture which is very much in variety.Karnataka cuisine is a mix of both vegetarian and non vegetarian cuisine,while pure vegetarian meal is popular in and around. People living in the coastal areas enjoy seafoods. The cuisine Udipi,Malenadu,Kodagu, Mangalorean and Navayath form the part of Karnataka cuisine. Rice is the staple food here, but rotis with wheat, jowar and ragi are consumed very much in northern parts of this state.Sesame and groundnut oil are common cooking oil in this state, eventhough people living in coastal area of Karnataka use coconut oil,some coastal Mangalorean cuisine is influenced by the Goan cuisine, thus they use coconut milk abundantly in their cuisine.

Mangalorean cuisine are spicy in nature, pancakes, rice rotti,kori rotti,neer dosa,sannas are popular dish here while sandige, avalakki and talipittu are quite famous in Malenadu cuisine. Udupi  cuisine is strictly vegetarian,onions and garlic are totaly avoided in this cuisine, one cant resist to their masala dosa and the sambar,rasam,pickles, drycurries are special delicacies of this cuisine. Kodagu cuisine is quite an opposite cuisine when compared to the other cuisines of Karnataka, its has so many non vegetarian delicacies like pork curry,chicken curry. While in North Karnataka, rottis prepared with wheat and jowar are quite popular, people of this part make varieties of rotis and they serve it with palya, usli etc.Desserts plays an important role in this cuisine, famous sweets like Mysorepak, chirotti,obbattu,payaa,poppyseeds payasa are very common in this cuisine. For my today's post, i chosed this crispy butter dosa from the city Davanagere in Karnataka. Benne dosa means butter dosa, this dosa is made with a dosa batter but with lots of butter. The side dishes served usually with this butter dosa is a special chutney with some whole spices and grated coconut alongwith potato masala, both tastes awesome with this crispy dosas and we loved it very much.

Recipe Source: Aayis Recipes

For dosa batter:

1cup Urad dal/deskinned black gram

2+1/2cup Idli rice/Parboiled rice

1/2cup Rice flour

1cup Poha/Rice flakes

1/2tsp Fenugreek seeds

Salt

50grms Buter (cut as small pieces)

Soak the urad dal, fenugreek seeds and rice for an hour.

Wash rice flakes and keep aside.

Grind the soaked dal-rice,washed rice flakes together as smooth batter.

Add the rice flour,salt,grind again for few seconds.

Keep aside for overnite or 4-5hours.

Heat a tawa, spread a thin dosa, drop some butter pieces generously, cook until it turns crispy.

Flip the dosa, fry for few seconds, fold.

Serve with potato masala and chutney.

Chutney:

1cup Grated coconut

3nos Green chillies

4nos Cloves

1no Cardamom

1inch Cinnamon

1tbsp Grated ginger

1/4tsp Tamarind paste or blueberry size tamarind piece

Salt

Grind all the ingredients together with some water.

Serve with dosa.

Potato masala/Aloo Bhaji

2nos Potatoes (pressure cooked)

1no Onion (chopped)

2nos Chillies(chopped)

1tsp Mustard seeds

few curry leaves

1/4tsp Turmeric powder

Oil

Salt

Heat oil,let splutters the mustard seeds,now add the chopped onions,chopped ginger,curry leaves.

Fry until the onions turns transculent.

Add the turmeric,salt and potatoes,cook for few minutes.

Mix well,put off the stove.

Serve as side dish.

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