Spinach Dosa (Pregnancy Recipe) Video, Palak Dosa by Tarla Dalal

Spinach Dosa (Pregnancy Recipe) Video, Palak Dosa by Tarla Dalal

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An innovative dosa of whole wheat flour and urad flour fortified with spinach purée offers you a great way to top up on iron. When you are pregnant, everybody keeps telling you to have more greens, especially spinach, which is a storehouse of iron. Spinach is also rich in vitamin A and folic acid, both of which are antioxidants that help fight harmful free radicals in the body, and are also essential for the healthy development of your baby’s skin.

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Recipe Description for Spinach Dosa

Ingredients

For Spinach Dosa
1/2 cup spinach (palak) puree , refer handy tip
1/4 cup urad dal (split black lentils)
1/2 tsp fenugreek (methi) seeds
1 cup whole wheat flour (gehun ka atta)
salt to taste
2 tsp oil for cooking

For Serving With Spinach Dosa
sambhar
coconut chutney

Method

1. Combine the urad dal and fenugreek seeds along with enough water in a deep bowl and soak for 2 hours. Drain well.
2. Blend in a mixer using ½ cup of water till smooth.
3. Transfer the urad dal-fenugreek seeds mixture into a deep bowl, add the spinach purée, whole wheat flour, salt and approx. 1 cup of water and mix very well.
4. Heat a non-stick tava (griddle), sprinkle a little water on it and wipe it off gently using a muslin cloth.
5. Pour a ladleful of the batter on it and spread it in a circular motion to make a 175 mm. (7”) diameter thin circle.
6. Smear ¼ tsp of oil over it and along the edges and cook on a medium flame till the dosa turns light brown in colour from both the sides.
7. Repeat steps 4 to 6 to make 7 more dosas.
8. Serve immediately with sambhar and coconut chutney.

Handy tip:

1. Approx. 2½ cups of chopped spinach when blanched, drained and blended in a mixer gives ½ cup of spinach purée.

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RECIPE SOURCE : Nutritious Recipes for Pregnancy