Black Gram Dosa / Azhagar Kovil Dosa

Azhagar kovil is a lovely divine temple found in Madurai. Black gram dosa is specially made in a very authentic style and is offered as prasadam to the lord in this temple. This dosa taste unique and its absolutely a treat. Its healthy as well as tasty. :)

Ingredients:

Black gram (with skin urad dal/black urad dal/karupu ullundhu) - 1 cup
Raw rice - 1 cup
Curd(Sour) - 1/2 cup
Gingelly oil - 1 tbl spn
Ghee - 1 tbl spn
Pepper powder-1 tsp
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Curry leaves
Salt

Method:

Soak rice and black gram separately in water for 2 hours. Grind them one by one coarsely. Now mix both the ground mixtures, add the curd and salt and allow it to ferment overnight.

Next day, add gingelly oil, ghee, pepper powder, chopped ginger and curry leaves to the batter. Add adequate water to make the batter to dosa batter consistency. Now make dosa in skillet and roast both the sides adding little ghee to it.

Azhagar kovil dosa is ready to eat. Serve it hot with garlic chutney.

Thanks to Malar Gandhi who writes a lovely blog called Kitchen Tantra for passing this cute award to me.

Written by: Nithya
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