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Small Onion Ghee Rava Dosa

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Small Onion Rava Dosa with Ghee and Coriander Chutney For the batter: 1. Add 1 cups of Sooji with 1/2 cup of All Purpose flour and 2 tablespoons of rice flour. 2. Add salt and water and mix well, so that there are no lumps. The batter can be more watery than the usual dosa. 3. Cut a handful of shallots (small onion). Heat up the tava, add the ghee (clarified butter) and add the shallots and make sure that the shallots are cooked well in both sides. 4. Add the batter around the shallots and ensure that the dosa is cooked well in both sides. 5. Serve with Coriander chutney Coriander chutney: 1.Add a tbsp of cooking oil. Add 1 tbsp of urad dhal, 3 red chillies and a handful of washed and cleaned coriander leaves and toss for a minute 2. Let the mixture cool and grind with salt. Hope this is a yummy breakfast for you too :)

Millet Dosa

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Millet (Ragi/Kambu/Kezhviragu) has a lot of health benefits and is commonly cooked as a porridge, balls or as the main course like Rice. Regular consumption of millet is very beneficial for postmenopausal women suffering from signs of cardiovascular disease, like high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels. Children’s intake of whole grains like millet and fish has been shown to reduce the occurrence of wheezing and asthma. A high source of fiber, millet is very beneficial against breast cancer in post-menopausal women. According to research and recent studies, consumption of millet can help women combat the occurrence of gallstones, as they are a very high source of insoluble fiber. Courtesy: http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/benefits-of-millet-6376.html In South India, we use two types of Millet: Kambu (which is yellowish in color) and Kezhviragu( which looks like mustard, almost black in color). For this millet dosa, I used,  Millet- 1 cup; Full Urad D