How to prepare Ash gourd / winter melon / budkumbalakayi dosa

Ash gourd also known as white gourd, winter melon, white pumpkin, wax gourd, petha, safed kaddu, boodida gummadikaya, pooshnikai. Loaded with nutrients. It's an excellent source of vitamin B1 (thiamine), a good source of vitamin B3 (niacin), and vitamin C. It is also rich in many minerals like calcium. Its high potassium content makes this a good vegetable for maintaining a healthy blood pressure.

Containing almost 96% water, this gourd is a dietitian's delight. Be sure to include this vegetable in your weght-loss diet. 

Do you need more information to use ash gourd in you kitchen after reading the above information.  

So quickly let's learn to make this easy recipe. I love this dosa for the spongy smooth texture it gives and my son loves it too. If you are the ones like my husband who wants thin and crisp dosa, you can make it by adding little more water to the batter by making it to running consistency. Both tastes good.

 

Ingredients: 

1 cup - dosa rice 

1/2 cup - urad dal / uddina bele 

2 tsp - puffed rice / avalakki 

1 tsp - methi seeds / menthya Kalu  

2 portion of white gourd  

Salt as per taste

 

 

Soak rice, uddina bele,menthya and avalakki for about 6-7 hours

 

Grind the soaked mixture to a fine paste mixing little water & without adding salt

Allow it to ferment overnight. Ideally start soaking by late afternoon, grind in the night and ferment overnight. In the morning grate pumpkin and squeeze out the water and set aside. Donot discard the water, instead try drinking it is tasty and good for health too

 

Add only the pulp to the fermented dosa batter add salt and give a good mix. The batter should be thick to get soft fluffy dosas.

 

Heat a griddle, once it is piping hot scoop out a ladle full of batter and pour over the griddle. Drizzle some oil around and over the dosa very slightly 

 

Donot spread if you need spongy and fluffy dosa. Spreading the batter will make dosa crisp and thin. Choose your variety

 

Flip it after 2 minutes to see the roasted color on the other side

Serve hot with chutney of your choice.

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