karam dosa

Ingredients:
1 cup of Urad dal
3 cups of rice
1 cup of boiled rice
1 tbs feenugreek (menthulu)
3 onions
7 red chillies
3 nitty grits(tella payallu)
1 tbs lemon juice or tamarind
Salt for taste
Ghee or oil

Method:
For Erra Karam:
3 onions
7 red chillies
3 nitty grits(tella payallu)
1 tbs lemon juice or 1 tbs of tamarind(soak)
salt for taste
      Make all ingredients thick paste (no need of water to be added) , this is called Erra Karam

Preparing the Dosa batter:

1. Soak the rice, Urad dal and the menthulu separately.
2. Grind the Urad dal, rice & menthulu to a fluffy smooth better. Let it ferment overnight.
3. To make perfect Dosa, the Dosa tava should be rubbed with oil with a cut onion, the first one or two dosa may not be turn out good (use oil liberally to first and second dosa to avoid sticking to tava).
4. Add water ,salt , soda to dosa batter, and make it dosa batter consistency. take a ladle full of dosa batter and make dosa, sprinkling oil around dosa so it can come out easily. We added methi seeds in dosa batter, it gives good brown color.... after it cook well no need to cook other side.
5. Now spread this Karam when the dosa is cooking, pour 1 tbs of ghee to the dosa.
6. Now the Karam Dosa is ready to eat.
7. Serve Karam dosa with peanut (ground nut) chutney.