Preparation time: 14 hours
Cooking time: 30 min
Serves: 4

Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)

1. 1 cup dosa rice
2. 1 cup buttermilk or curd
3. 1 tsp fenugreek seeds
4. Ghee or oil for cooking
5. Salt as per your taste
6. 1/2 tsp sugar (optional)
7. 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
8. 1 tbsp finely chopped curry leaves

Instructions for making mosaru dose:

1. Take rice and fenugreek seeds in a container.
2. Rinse it well.
3. Add in 1 cup curd and give a quick mix. Close the lid and soak it for 7 - 8 hours.
4. After soaking transfer the soaked ingredients into a mixie jar.
5. Grind until semifine batter. Make sure the batter is not turning hot while grinding.
6. Transfer it into a container. Use minimum required water. Close the lid allow it to ferment for 7 - 8 hours.
7. After fermentation, open the lid and add the required salt and little sugar. Give a quick mix.
8. The batter shall have regular dosa batter consistency. Add in required water and give a quick mix.
9. Now heat the dosa pan. Pour a laddle full of batter and spread it in a circular way to prepare thin dosa.
10. Close the lid for 5 - 10 seconds. Allow it to cook under medium flame.
11. Open the lid, drizzle some ghee or oil.
12. Fold the dosa and take it out. Serve it with any chutney of your choice.
13. If you wish to have soft dosas, add in 1/2 tsp cumin seeds and some finely chopped curry leaves to the batter.
14. Add in required water and make the batter thin. Batter should be thinner than regular dosa batter an d much thicker than rava dosa batter.
15. Now heat the dosa pan. Pour a laddle full of batter and spread it in a circular way. Close the lid for 5 - 10 seconds. Allow it to cook under medium flame.
16. Open the lid, drizzle some ghee or oil.
17. Fold the dosa and take it out. Serve it with any chutney of your choice.

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