mooDe

Ingredients Rice – 250g Urad Dal – 125g Boiled Rice – 1 cup Rice Flakes - Thick (gaTTi bajil) – ½ cup Salt Preparation Method Soak the above ingredients for 3 hours. Grind to a fine paste. Transfer the batter to a steel vessel, cover and ferment it overnight. Pour the batter into the leaf.   Steam cook them in a tondoor. Note Sometimes toddy (kali) is added to the batter.  Then Rice flakes need NOT be added. mooDe leaves are the leaves of the shrub botanically called 'Pandanus Odoratissimus'

appa

Ingredients Rice – 250g Urad Dal – 2 -3 tbsp Fenugreek Seeds – ½ tbsp Thin Rice flakes – 5 tbsp Coconut – 1 cup (Grated) Jaggery – According to taste Cumin seeds – ½ tsp Salt – A pinch Preparation Method Soak Rice, Urad Dal, Fenugreek Seeds for 3 hours. --(1) Wash Rice flakes in water. Do NOT soak it in water. – (2) Grind (1) and (2) to a fine paste. Add grated Coconut to the mixture and grind for a minute. Transfer the mixture to a steel vessel, cover it and ferment it overnight. Next morning add Jaggery, Cumin seeds and Salt. Heat the appada kaavali (A pan used to prepare appa which has round depressions). Add Oil to the depressions. Add enough batter to the depressions. Cover it and cook till golden brown. Turn the appas upside down and cook till golden brown. Remove the appas from the pan to the serving platter. Note chappe (Plain) appa is also prepared. Instead of Jaggery, Onion, Green Chillies and Coriander leaf is added. It is eaten with Coconut chutney

tekkare dose

Mangalore Cucumber (toute)

Ingredients Rice – 250 g Cucumber or Mangalore Cucumber (toute) – 1 cup  Coconut – 1 cup (Grated) Jaggery - According to taste Preparation Method seepe (Sweet) tekkare dose Soak rice for 1 hour. Peel the skin of the cucumber, deseed and cut into small pieces. Grind Cucumber, Rice separately. Mix them. Add Jaggery, Salt. Add grated Coconut. Heat the Dosa tawa, add little oil and add the batter to make Dosa. chappe (Plain) tekkare dose chappe dose is prepared similar to seepe dose except that NO Jaggery is added to the batter. It is usually eaten with Coconut chutney.

neer dose