Wheat Dosa with Bottle Gourd Peel Chutney

Lauki Chilka Chutney

When I make any of the recipes with the skins of the vegetables which we usually discard I think of how resourceful Indian used to be in the olden days. There used to be so much less waste in everything. But India is changing sooooooooo much. People are being very wasteful and boastful
           Anyway, I made this Dosa with Wheat flour which was called "Poola" in my house. My grandma useds to love it and it is, as a matter of fact pretty delicious and easy to make. And to go with it I made Chutney with Ridge gourd. Enjoy

Poola (Whole Wheat Flour Crepes)

Wheat Dosa (pola)

Ingredients:

1. 2 cups wheat flour
2. 1/2-3/4 cup plain yogurt beaten
3. 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
4. 1 green chilly finely chopped
5. 2 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro
6. water as needed
7. 1/2-3/4 teaspoon each of salt,
8. oil for frying

In a bowl sift the wheat flour with salt and mix the beaten yogurt. Add onions and green chillies and cilantro. Add water little by little until you get a thin pan cake batter. Heat the griddle and add a teaspoon of oil. Take batter in a ladle and star pouring in a circle from outside. Add some more oil at the edges. Let it get fried for 3 minutes or until the edges turn golden. Turn and fry for a couple of more minutes. Serve hot


Sorakaaya Thokku pachadi (Bottle gourd peel cooked and ground to paste)

Ingredient:

1. 2 cups Bottle gourd peel (Remove peel with any spots on it)
2. 1 large or 2 small tomatoes chopped
3. 2 green chillies
4. 1/2 inch ginger
5. 1/2-3/4 teaspoon salt
6. 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
7. 2 tablespoons oil
8. small lemon sized tamarind soaked in 1/4 cup of water water
9. 1/2 teaspoon each of mustard seeds, cumin, urad dal
10. 2 red chillies broken
11. few curry leaves
12. 1 heaped teaspoon dry roasted sesame (optional)

Heat the oil in a pressure cooker and fry the tomatoes and ridge gourd peels green chillies and ginger and cook for 3 whistles along with turmeric and tamarind puree and a little water. After the stream escapes open the cooker and grind it to a smooth paste along with the salt. In a pan the oil and fry the urad dal, cumin and musatrd seeds for a couple of minutes. Add red chillies and curry leaves and fry till they start to splutter. Add the chutney to it and cook for 5 minutes. Enjoy
The Chutney I made was a bit sour than what I wanted so I included the sesame seeds while grinding and it turned out to be sooooo good

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