Tomato dosae

Tomato Dosae
Ingredients:

• 1 cup rice flour
• 3 ripe medium tomatoes diced
• 1/2 yogurt
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp of sesame seeds
• 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds (sheera)
• pinch of hingh (optional)

Garnish

• 1/2 cup onions finely chopped (optional)
• 1/4 cup cilantro finely chopped
• 4 green chillies finely chopped

Method: Add rice flour, yogurt, tomatoes, salt and hingh into a dish . Mix the contents with about 2 cups of water and mix well. Run this mixture through the blender, till it is all mixed and blended into runny batter. Add the cumin and sesame seeds, mix, cover and set aside for 10 to 15 minutes.
Preparation: Pre-heat a thick tava (or a good non stick pan) on medium heat. Sprinkle little water on the heated tava and if it sizzles, the tava is ready to make the dosae. Mix the batter well with a medium sized spatula. Take a spatula full of batter and pour it on the heated surface of the tava. Using circular, concentric motions pour the batter in a thin layer on the tava. Cover any holes with just enough additional batter. Drop a teaspoon full of oil on the surface of the dasae. Then sprinkle the garnishing materials generously over the dosae, cover and let it cook for 4 to 5 minutes. Remove cover, and using a flat turner (mogacho kai, tudupu) slowly, carefully loosen the dosae from the tava and turn it over. Cook on this side a few minutes, carefully loosen and turn over. Then fold over in the middle, remove the dosae from the tava on to a plate.
Cooking Tips: Tomato dosaes are made pretty soft and on the mushy side. It can be thick or thin. It needs to cook longer on the tava to make it slightly brown. You can make simple tomato dosae without using any garnish. Or can blend green chillies and cilantro while making the batter. If the dosaes are turning out too mushy and not releasing from the tava, add a handful of rice flour to the batter. Add salt to taste. If the dosaes are thin, there maybe no need to flip. Make sure the top is cooked well, by covering the tava with a lid while making the dosae.
Serving Tips: Serve dosaes hot with a dollop of ghee and any chetni, pickles or chetnipudi on the side.