Paper Dosa, Sambar and Coconut Green Chutney

For Making Batter:-Wash and soak the rice, urad dal and fenugreek seeds for 5 hours. You can use the soaked water to grind the ingredients.

Wash and soak the rice, urad dal and fenugreek seeds for 5 hours. You can use the soaked water to grind the ingredients. Use little by little water to grind the ingredients along with cooked rice to form a smooth thick paste

Cooked rice is used to give softer texture to Idlis. Transfer the batter to a large vessel, mix salt and cover with tight lid to allow it to ferment for approx. 8 to 10 hours or until the batter rises.

Once the batter is fermented, you can use it to prepare Idli / Dosa . The Key for soft idlis is rightly fermented airy batter.

Heat a pan and grease it with little ghee or oil. Put 2 ladles of dosa batter and with the back of the ladle spread out the batter from the center. Apply some more ghee on the sides of the dosa

Making of Paneer filling: Mix with hand all the paneer filling ingredients and set aside

Once the dosa is half cooked. Spoon in the Paneer mixture on top of the Dosa and then fold the Dosa into half.

Allow it to cook and the flip the other side of the dosa to cook. Your Paneer Dosa is ready

For making Sambar: Cook the toor dal in a pressure cooker adding turmeric powder,sufficient water and salt. Meanwhile soak the tamarind in warm water (around 1/4 cup) and extract its juice.

Now add the cut vegetables(except tomato and okra), 4-5 whole pearl onions, green chilies, curry leaves along with sufficient water(2 cups), turmeric powder and salt. Cook for 1 whistle.

In another pan saute the okra in oil until its almost cooked.The okra has to be cooked separately before adding to sambar otherwise it will make the whole thing slimy.

When the pressure releases, open the cooker and add the tamarind juice, tomatoes and okra.

Heat oil in pan and splutter the mustard seeds. Then add the dry red chillies, sliced pearl onions and brown them. Add some curry leaves, switch off and add the masala powders and mix well.

For Chutney making: Grind all the ingredients by adding little water. Grind it fine smooth paste. You Tangy Chutney is ready