Punukulu (Dosa Batter)

Ingredients

1) Dosa Batter - 2 cups
2) All purpose Flour - 2 cups
3) Ginger Paste - 1 spoon
4) Garlic Paste - 1 spoon
5) Red Chilli Powder - 1 spoon
6) Butter Milk - 1/4th glass
7) Salt -  1and half spoon
8) Oil - as needed for Deep Fry.

Procedure
1) Take Dosa Batter👉(Click here to see preparation) into bowl.
2) Add All purpose flour, ginger, garlic paste and red chilli powder to it and mix thoroughly.
3) Add slowly buttermilk and mix while adding butter milk to avoid lumps.
4) Add Salt and continuously mix for consistency and keep it aside.
5) Take oil in pan and heat it.
6) Once the oil is heated , wet your hand with water and take the batter (small dumpling size) and pour it into oil.
7) Continue adding dumplings to the oil , as per needed or until the batter is complete.
8) Once the dumplings turn golden yellow colour , take them out from oil into paper so that it absorbs the oil.
9) Hot Punukulu are hot and ready to serve.
This goes very well with Spicy Red Chutney 👉(Click here to see preparation).

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Spicy Red Chutney

Ingredients
1) Large Tomatoes - 2
2) Green Chillies - 5
3) Garlic Paste - 2 table spoons
4) Ginger Paste - 2 table spoons
5) Red Chilli Powder - 1 tea spoons
6) Curry Leaves - 4
7) Mustard Seeds - 2 gms
8) Urad Dal - 2 gms
9) Oil - 3 tea spoons
10) Salt - as per taste
11) Coriander Leaves - 5

Procedure
1) Take a pan, pour 2 tea spoons oil in it and heat it.
2) Once the oil is heated add chopped tomatoes(can cut into big chunks).
3) Add sliced green chillies and coriander leaves and mix it well.
4) Add Garlic Paste and Ginger paste and thoroughly mix all the ingredients.
5) Heat it on medium flame until the mixture thickens.
6) Add Red Chilli powder and salt and mix well.
7) Take the mixture and keep it aside to cool it down.
8) Then blend the mixture into fine paste and add some water for consistency.
9) Take it from the blender into a bowl.
10) Take 1 tea spoon of oil in pan and heat it.
11) Add Mustard seeds and Urad dal to it.
12) Once the mustard seeds splutter add it to the paste from the blender.
13) Add Coriander leaves for Garnish
14) Spicy Red Chutney is ready to serve.

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Dosa Batter

Ingredients
1) Rice(Sona Masuri) - 3 cups
2) Poha(Thick) - 1 cup
3) Urad Dal - 1 cup
4) Chana Dal - 2 Fist full(take dal into fist - fist full)
5) Salt - 2 spoons


Procedure
1. Soak Rice, Urad Dal and Chana Dal Overnight.
2. Soak Poha Overnight Separately( easy while draining the water).
3. Drain the water and grind all soaked items.
4. Add water as needed for consistency( it should be soft and light thin paste).
5. Add Salt and Grind once again.
6. Take the batter from the grinder into a bowl , close the bowl with lid and keep 36 hours for fermentation. After that you can refrigerate it and use it as and when you need.

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