SAVORY DOSA WAFFLES

Waffles make quick breakfast recipe and they are easy to tweak in all healthy flours by adding leavening agents that gives it a crispy outer cover and soft inner layers. But this is totally different recipe. Waffles is one of the dishes under list of snacks and I have added an Indian touch to it. Savory dosa waffles recipe is a dish with an Indian twist to the usual waffles. Till today I used to prepare sweet waffles with ice cream. But trying this type of waffles with dosa  batter or chilla batter was like a big dream to me. And finally I tried this dosa waffles and my hubby loved it so much that he wants me to make it again for him. This is a healthy alternative to dosa and is a filling one too. The taste is more like uthappam with all veggies and it takes hardly any time to make breakfast unlike regular dosas. This is very easy dosa waffles recipe that you can try with left over idli or dosa batter and available ingredients in your pantry. As this was my first try, I was very tensed about the outcome. It is good crispy at edges with a soft inside and I am sure that you will love it.  Try using the veggies of your choice and enjoy the yumm breakfast with sambar or milgai podi or any chutney of your choice.

INGREDIENTS:

2 Cups Dosa Batter

1 Big Onion, chopped finely

1 Big Tomato, finely chopped

½ Cup Capsicum, chopped finely

1-2 Green Chilli, chopped very fine [see notes]

2-3 tablespoon Chopped Coriander

1 Sprig Curry Leaves, chopped very fine [optional]

Salt to taste

2 teaspoon Oil

½ teaspoon Cumin Seeds

½ teaspoon Mustard Seeds

¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder

½ teaspoon Red Chilli Powder [adjust accordingly]

Other Ingredients:

Coconut Chutney, for serving

Onion-Tomato Chutney, for serving

Sambar

1 teaspoon Oil/ Butter, for greasing

METHOD:

STEP 1 – Pre-heat the oven at 180 degree C for 10 minutes.

STEP 2 – Heat 2 teaspoon oil in a small tempering pan, add cumin and mustard seeds and let them crackle.

STEP 3 – Add chopped onion and chopped green chilli and sauté until raw smell disappears.

STEP 4 – Then add chopped capsicum followed by chopped tomato in it. Mix and  sauté well for 2-3 minutes.

STEP 5 – Add ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder and red chilli powder in it and cook for 1-2 minutes.

STEP 6 – Let the mixture cool for some time.

STEP 7 – Now take dosa batter in a mixing bowl and add the onion-tomato mixture in it.

 STEP 8 – Add chopped coriander and season it with salt.

 Mix it well. [see notes]

STEP 9 – Now grease the waffle mould with oil/ butter and keep ready.

STEP 10 – Then pour 1 ladle full / as required dosa mixture in each compartment of waffle mould. Tap the mould once or twice to remove air bubbles.

STEP 11 – Bake in oven for 20-22 minutes at 180 degree C. [see notes]

STEP 12 – Cool it for 2 minutes and then demould it. Serve it hot.

Serve piping hot dosa waffles with sambar, hot onion-tomato chutney and coconut chutney and enjoy.

NOTES: You can add green chilli- coriander fine paste.

You can add veggies directly without tempering.

The cooking time depends on the Waffle maker.

The batter should be thick but pourable, so don’t add more water and make it runny.

Try using the veggies of your choice and enjoy.