Ethnic cuisine is so much more available in the US today. And much of it has become an integral part of American Cusine – which is made up of food from everywhere anyway. Every city practically has Chinese Restaurants, Mexican Restaurants, Greek, Lebanese, Caribbean, etc. etc. etc. And even tho many of them are not what you might call authentic, they do at least give us an introduction to new tastes. One of my favorites is Indian food. Not American Indian, East Indian. Unfortunately, there is not an Indian restaurant for 150 miles. So I have to make my own and obtaining a new recipe is always a good thing. That is why I was excited about this months Daring Cooks Challenge – Dosas.
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This month’s Daring Cook hostess – Debyi of The Healthy Vegan Kitchen. Debyi decided on Indian Dosas from the cookbook “Refresh” by Ruth Tal. You can find the recipe on her site.
Dosas are the Indian answer to French Crepes and Mexican Tortillas and just as versatile. They can literally be filled with anything. The suggested filling was a Curried Garbanzo Filling, but since I am not a big fan of Garbanzo I used a Curried Potato and Pea filling instead.
To make the Curried Potato/Pea filling simply crumble cooked potato (boiled or baked) with diced onions and curry seasoning (to taste) in a skillet and saute in a little oil until the potatoes are light brown. Add in the peas and cook until cooked but not soft.
And since we could choose another sauce, I served it with a
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Cold Cucumber Raita
2 slicing cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and grated or chopped
1 cup plain nonfat yogurt
1 teaspoon choipped fresh mint leaves
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
Press the cucumbers through a strainer to remove some of the water.
Combine with other ingredients
I really liked these. There is an art to getting the Dosas just right, but eventually I think I got them thin enough. I have only had Dosas one time out and they were good. Now I can serve them with my Curry for a little extra punch.
Thanks, Debyi, for this challenge. Please visit the other Daring Cooks for their take on this recipe.
September 14, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Yum, looks great! I am a huge fan of Indian cuisine. We have a lot of Indian markets and restaurants in Ontario.
I am looking forward to making this dish!
September 14, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Yummy!! I love dosa!
September 14, 2009 at 6:00 PM
I agree – Indian (East Indian) food is absolutely one of my favorites. Lovely.
September 14, 2009 at 6:06 PM
I like your choice of filling, it definitely seems like something I would want to try. Good job on this challenge!
September 14, 2009 at 6:11 PM
MMMMMMMMMMMMM,…I love Indian food & your dosas & filling sounds so tasty!!
September 14, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Your filling looks great–I love curry and potatoes together!
September 14, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Love the sound of the curried potato pea filling – Yum!! Wonderful job with this challenge!
September 14, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Your filling and sauce variations look wonderful…makes me want to try this one again! Great job on this challenge. Jayle
September 14, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Wow, I’d be very intimidated to try making homemade dosas. Looks like you did an awesome job! Yum!
September 15, 2009 at 2:38 AM
Nicely done! Love the potato-curry filling and the cooling cucumber raita is brilliant with the spicy bite1
September 15, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Nice job, Linda! Those dosas look delicious!
September 16, 2009 at 9:03 PM
I’m sorry I missed this month. Your dosas look and sound wonderful.
September 17, 2009 at 2:35 AM
The potato filling sounds delicious, will have to try that next time.
June 26, 2010 at 2:00 AM
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