Brown Rice Lentil Dosas with Spiced Apples

As you know, I recently developed a recipe book for the Adoption Nutrition website. I spent many days trying to develop an injera recipe (FAIL). If anyone out there has one, please pass it on! I sent out a cry for help to some friends and my good friend Shawna said "why don't you do a dosa recipe"? Hmmm, why don't I? With the help of Shawna and my Vitamix, I made these and they were delicious. I started the fermentation process early in the morning so therefore they were ready the following morning. I ended up filling them with spiced apples as a breakfast type crepe and YUM! In my next post I will give you a delicious Red Lentil Dahl with Coconut Milk recipe if you are in the mood for a savory dish with your dosas.

BROWN RICE LENTIL DOSA

ingredients:

1 ½ cups brown basmati rice

¾ cup green lentils

sea salt

Coconut oil or Ghee

preparation:

Rinse and soak 1 1/2 cups basmati rice and 3/4 cup green lentils in separate bowls, for 4 -6 hours or overnight. Drain and rinse both well, making sure to get any dust or dirt off. Place soaked ingredients in a high speed blender adding up to ¾ cup water and blend until smooth (like cream of wheat). Alternatively you can grind each separately in a food processor, adding up to 3/4 cup warm water each to process and then mix them together gently in a big bowl. The dosa batter should be the consistency of a cake batter and pourable. Place in a ceramic bowl and loosely cover with a tea towel and a plate. Let sit in a moderately warm place for 24 hours to ferment.

After 24 hours you should notice tiny bubbles and a pleasant yeasty smell. Add a small amount of salt, about 1/2 teaspoon, and a ¼-3/4 cups warm water for ease of ladling.

Heat a medium sized skillet so that drops of water dance and skitter (too hot is water disappears right away, too cool is bubbling in place). Put 1-2 teaspoons of ghee or coconut oil, adding a little more after each dosa to keep the pan oiled. Use a ladle with a flat bottom if possible, scoop about a 1/3 of a cup into the center of the skillet, then use the bottom of the ladle to make a spiral from the center of the dosa outwards, so that you spread the batter fairly thin into a small pancake size. Cover and let cook for about two minutes on the first side, until lightly browned, and flip. Cook uncovered for about a minute on the second side, until lightly browned.

Keep in a warm oven while you make more. Fill with anything, the tradition being potatoes with cumin and spices and onions, or you could make something like I did with the spiced apples.

Spiced Apples

ingredients:

1 tablespoon coconut oil or ghee

4 apples peeled and sliced thin

juice of 1 lemon

3-4 tablespoons honey or maple syrup

pinch of sea salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon arrowroot powder dissolved in 1/4 cup water

preparation:

Place coconut oil or ghee, apples, lemon, honey, sea salt and cinnamon in a pan and heat on medium stirring frequently for 3-4 minutes. Combine arrowroot powder and water and when arrowroot is dissolved fully, add to apple mixture. Bring to a boil and simmer until apples are desired consistency. I like my quite cooked down which takes a good 15 minutes or so.

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