Homemade masala dosa

When I was in Delhi we got Dosa for breakfast. The dosa was with masala and with dosa we got samba.
A recipes for dosa. To make dosa it take time with soaking and fermenting.

soaking time: 3 hours
Preparation Time: 20 mins
fermenting time: 4 hours
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Makes 8 dosas

Ingredients
1 cup rice (chawal)
1/3 cup urad dal (split black lentils)
5 to 7 fenugreek (methi) seeds
1 tbsp beaten rice (poha)
1 tsp sugar
salt to taste
oil for greasing

Method

Soak the rice seperately in enough water for 3 hours and drain.
Blend the rice in a mixer till smooth. Remove and keep aside.
Soak the urad dal, fenugreek seeds and beaten rice togeather in enough water for 3 hours and drain.
Blend the urad dal, fenugreek seeds and beaten rice togeather in a mixer till smooth and frothy ( add water little by little as required ). Remove and keep aside.
Combine the urad dal paste and rice paste togeather in a bowl and cover and keep aside to ferment for atleast 3 to 4 hours.
Once the batter is fermented , add the sugar and salt to the batter and mix well.
Heat a non-stick pan and sprinkle a little water on it. It should steam immediately.
Grease it with oil and wipe hard with a slice of onion or potato.
Pour a ladeful of the batter on the tava and spread in a circular motion to make 125 mm (5″) thin dosa.
Smear a liitle oil along the sides, cook till the dosa turns brown and crispy and fold over to make a semi-circle.
Repeat with the remaining batter to make 7 more dosas. Serve hot with fried chutney and sambhar.

For the perfect dosa

Always soak and grind the rice and urad dal separately. Grind urad dal in small portions by adding little water till smooth and frothy.
The dosa batter should not be thick but light. Mix the batter using a ladle starting from the bottom of the vessel as rice paste being heavier than urad dal paste, tends to settle down at the base.
The batter should always be at room temperature. So if you have refrigerated the batter, leave it at room temperature for about an hour before you proceed.
The dosa griddle is traditionally made of cast iron although non stick tavas are more favored now.
To prepare the tava/griddle, heat till it becomes very hot, sprinkle some water. It should evaporate quickly. Wipe with a soft cloth and reduce the flame. Then rub it with a thick slice of potato or onion dipped in oil. Tava should not be too hot while you spread the batter.
If your cast iron griddle is giving you trouble, pour half a cup of salt on it nad heat on a medium flame for about 5 minutes while stirring continuously. Remove the salt and use.
After spreading the dosa batter on the tava/griddle, pour a tsp of oil or ghee along the sides of the dosa and brown it evenly and to ensure that it does not stick to the tava/griddle.

recipe is from: http://www.tarladalal.com/Dosa-%28-Easy-Dosa-Recipe-%29-32927r

heavy fried food

Heavy fried food and also hot, burning hot. Not because the food came directly from the pan, the reason was the chili.
My friend and I had this plate in Chandni Chowk in one of the tiny path. We had paratha, potato and something else. The banana was the only sweet.
The food was good and yummy. This sort of food is okay to eat during holiday and now I have to eat mess food.

Jantar Mantar Complex

Jantar Mantar was built in 1724 by Maharaja Jai Singh – II, the mathematician and astronomer king of Jaipur. The name Jantar Mantar means instrument for calculation. All these instruments can be used for various astronomical calculations.
My friend and I come to this place after a long day with Ho Ho bus.

information is from:
http://www.mapsofindia.com/delhi/places-of-interest/famous-monuments/jantar-mantar.html
http://touristplaces.hotelsofnewdelhi.com/jantar-mantar-new-delhi.html

Place with color

 

 

My friend and me found this graffiti on our way to the tank of water in Hauz Khas. It was hard to find the way to the tank, we needed to ask many people. Some places did not feel that nice.
I specially like the eye and mouth with the words: shut your mouth, open your eye.
The words are so true.

Hauz Khas villege with photos

This is some photos from the best place in whole Delhi, Hauz Khas Villege. Hauz Khas is in a upcoming area, with many small shops and western restaurants. In the area were many couples.

Short about Hauz Khas
Hauz Khans means royal tank, and the tank has even today water. It says that the tank was build in 1300 by Ala-ud-din Khilji to supply water for Siri fort.
During Hauz Khas time many students came across India to study Arabic.
In the area they is buildings for mediation. There is a question mark over the T-shape building, because the function are not known.
My information are from:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-ancient-world-at-modern-hauz-khas-village/1075668/
http://www.indianholiday.com/tourist-attraction/new-delhi/monuments-in-delhi/hauz-khas.html

This can not be easy

A normal day on the road, make it possible to see all sort of transport.
Cars, Auto, bikes and buses, but also cows.
I think it is incredible India has everything on the roads.
A boy pushing a overloaded bike, is not uncommon in India. That is a green India, Delhi.

Found the best place in Delhi

My friend and I went to national museum after hours in a less nice place to get learning license. Well, in national museum (really huge museum) with beautiful arts, from there we took a auto to hauz khas village. Hauz khas village is a very green area, with many stores and restaurants, but also historical buildings from 1350. That area is amazing, I just love it. Would love to go back there.

No Maggie

After a long day in Delhi we came back home and were really hungry. The cook made noodles with vegetables. I have not had this good noodles for very long time and it was not Maggie. Maggie is brand and all Indians love Maggie. If it was possible many Indians would probably eat Maggie to every meal (just kidding).
Funniest part was the noodles were not our dinner, it was our snack at 7 in the evening (normal dinner time in Sweden).

What a mess

We went to a local market in Delhi. In this market there were very few foreigner, but allot of Indians. We were in Chandni Chowk.
Chandni Chowk is a place where it is possible to find allot of Indian clothes, second hand book, food and allot more. It was more or less impossible to walk.
I think the photo show a India which a think of.

Indian gate in the evening

my friend told me we needed to visit Indian Gate in the evening when the light is on. The reason is Indian Gate look amazing with light. While during the day time India gate look, just like a gate made by stone.
Indian Gate is not open after 5 pm, because of security reasons. So we could not see the names on Indian Gate.

India Gate was build for the 70 000 Indian solider how lost the life for the Britsh Army during World war I. The memorial has over 13 500 British and Indian soliders names died in the Northwestern Frontier in the Afghan war of 1919.
The Information I got is:
from http://www.delhitourism.gov.in/delhitourism/tourist_place/india_gate.jsp