Ingredients:

• 125g – white Lobia
• 50g – urad dal, (dehusked)
• 400g – raw Rice
• 1/8 tsp – Methi seeds
• Salt
• A pinch of baking soda

Method:

1. Soak lobia overnight; remove the husk the next morning (not necessarily completely).
2. Soak urad dal and rice separately for 4 hours.
3. Grind urad and lobia together into a fine paste, adding some water.
4. Remove half the quantity of dal batter, add half the rice and grind into a fine batter.
5. Repeat with the remaining dal and rice, add salt and keep overnight for fermentation.
6. The next day, add a pinch of baking soda and proceed as usual to prepare dosa (preferably on non-stick dosa pan).
7. Serve dosa with coconut chutney/red chilli chutney/potato curry.

Recipe courtesy of Uma Devi Ramachandra