Monday, June 14, 2010

Ridge Gourd Peel Dosai


After marriage i went to a grocery shop with my husband, he picked up ridge gourd and said we'll buy this one, i asked him what vegetable is this, how should we cook it, funny isn't it :-)
Before getting married i know only how to eat, not how to cook. Now somehow i manage to make something with ridge gourd, offcourse without his help.
In those days women never waste any edible part of fruit or vegetable, either they use it along with the curry or save it for later use. Ridge gourd is one of the vegetable which peels are used to make chutneys, in this recipe i used this peel for my dosai along with mung beans.
Ingredients:
Green Mung beans-11/2 cups.
Raw rice- 1 tbsp
Urad dhal-1 tbsp
Onion- 1 small sized( chopped)
Ginger-1/4 inch piece(grated)
Green chilli- 2( chopped)
Ridge gourd peels- 2 medium sized
Oil- to grease the pan
Method:
Soak the green mung beans in water for more than 12 hours. Soak the urad dhal and rice for 2 to 3 hours. Peel the ridge gourd, wash well and chop them into small pieces.
Grind the mung beans alone in a blender until it's a bit coarse paste , then add urad dhal and rice with little water and grind it again. Finally add the peels, onions, ginger and green chilli grind it once again until the peel is ground completely. Pour it in a large bowl, add salt and stir well.
This batter doesn't need to ferment so you can use it immediately. Heat a non stick pan, grease it lightly with oil, pour a laddle full of batter, swirl it with round tabelspoon in circular form, like how you make normal dosai, pour a little bit of oil along the edges of the dosai. When it is lightly brown on bottom, turn the other way round and cook for further 2 minutes.
Serve the dosai along with sambar, tomato chutney, coconut chutney or with my mixed nut chutney and podi.
Note:
This batter can also be used for kulipaniyaram.
This recipe goes to the event Nithu Bala's Best Out Of Waste.

27 comments:

Krishnaveni said...

interesting dish...innovative and beautiful

Cool Lassi(e) said...

Lovely colored dosa. I bet it was yummy. I posted a recipe for ridge gourd peel chutney a while ago. Check it out if you are interested..

Nitha said...

Thats an interesting one...

Unknown said...

Wow, lovely idea dear, dosai look great :)

subhashini said...

very intersting and great idea dear.

PranisKitchen said...

really innovative mymoonah..u have a very good collection of unique recipes..this dosa is really awesome.i used to make chutney with it.this dosai is very healthy and sure it taste awesome

Unknown said...

I remember my grandma making chutney with the peel. Nice iea of making dosai.

Indian food recipes said...

perfect entry 4 the event ...hav never used ridge gourd peel 4 makng dosa...tnx 4 the idea dear

Aruna Manikandan said...

sounds interesting and healthy too:-)

BeenaShylesh said...

interesting dear...this is totaty ne to me..

BeenaShylesh said...

interesting dear...this is totaty ne to me..

Niloufer Riyaz said...

a very innovative dish

Priya Suresh said...

Very unique and creative dosai..

My Kitchen Antics said...

never had this..but very innovative...

Pari Vasisht said...

So thoughtful of you to use the peels in such an interesting way.

Sarah Naveen said...

New to me..looks so yummy!!!

Umm Mymoonah said...

Thank you creative foodie friends for visiting my blog and leaving your sweet comments.
Asha i'm sorry dear by mistake your comment was erased, i din't really mean to do that, your comment was really sweet.

Rachana said...

A very interesting dosa recipe! Looks delicious!

Indian Khana said...

What a wonderful recipe...gud one dear..

Menaga Sathia said...

நல்ல சத்தான அருமையான தோசை!!

Panchpakwan said...

Lovely and innovative recipe..

Unknown said...

Great idea! You are such an innovative cook..Love this healthy and tasty dosa..

Swathi said...

Nice dish. Dosai looks really beautiful.

Satya said...

ridge gourd peel dosai looks nice...i remember when i was in school my mom used to prepare this for me ...thanks for make me remember those moments...this is my 1st visit to ur blog ,u r having versatile collection of recipes ...some r very new to me ...i will try them...u can visit my blog
http://superyummyrecipes.blogspot.com/

Hamaree Rasoi said...

What a lovely dish...So innovative.Nice variation of dosai

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

Life is beautiful !!! said...

Perfect entry for the event. The dosa looks perfect Moon. Thanks for this unique recipe.

Suman Singh said...

very innovative dish..looks delicious!

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