See How Spluttered Seeds Are Winning Hearts All over the World via South Indian Food!

Imagine sitting idly savouring the sweet smell of crisp vadas along with the sound of spluttering mustard seeds! It’s very true true that the South Indian food has been appealing the senses. Its aromatic and delicious properties have been winning hearts all over the world.

And are you aware of the important ingredients used in the South Indian food recipe? Pickles, pappadams, and yogurt are the main constituents of South Indian thalis. 

Coconut is the most important ingredient.  Coconut oil is used mainly in cooking. There are tonnes of other spices’ such as cinnamon, cumin, nutmeg, chilli, curry leaves, cardamom, mustard etc which add fresh aroma to sambhar.

Similarly, Kerala's cuisine is garnished with pepper, cumin,  cinnamon, cardamom,  turmeric and coconut! The other ingredients used are tamarind, unripe mango, lime juice, vinegar and curd.

Now, let’s discuss a unique South Indian dish, that is, the 4 Floor Dosa. It is made with a fermented batter of soaked urad. This is combined with right proportions of four kind of readymade flours.

The batter is fermented which makes it crispy and fluffy. 

Recipe: 

The soaking time is 2 hours  and preparation time is 10 mins. An overnight time is required for fermentation. The cooking time is 30 minutes.

Ingredients

We require a1/2 cup urad dal,1 tsp fenugreek (methi) seeds, a half cup of bajra flour, a half cup of jowar flour, a half cup of ragi flour, a half cup whole wheat flour (gehun ka atta), a little salt to taste and 3 tsp oil for cooking.

Mix urad dal and fenugreek seeds in a bowl. Soak it in water for 2 hours. Drain and then blend in a mixer till it turns smooth by adding three-fourth cup of water.

Transfer this mixture into another bowl. 

Now add bajra flour, nachni flour, jowar atta, whole wheat flour, salt and 1¾ cups of water and then mix it well. Now, cover it and keep it at safe place to ferment overnight.

Next day, mix it. Now take non-stick tava and put it on flame.

Pour a little batter on it and spread it in a circular motion. Put a little oil on edges and start cooking it on a medium flame till dosa turns brown. Now it can be folded to give it a shape of semi-circle. This can be served immediately with sambhar.