Heerekai Dose
Ingredients
Instructions
Prep
  1. Wash & soak rice for 4-5 hours.
  2. Wash, peel the skin & cut Ridge gourds into thin slices.
Method
  1. Heat a tsp of oil in pan, roast channa dal, urad dal, coriander seeds, cumin, dried red chillies, curry leaves, until dal turns golden brown.
  2. Grind the roasted spices along with grated coconut, jaggery, tamarind pulp & salt to smooth paste.
  3. To same grinding jar, add soaked rice & grind everything to smooth batter.
  4. Heat a dose griddle & drizzle few drops of oil.
  5. Now dip each ridge gourd pieces in batter and place them on hot griddle adjacent to each other to form a round or dose shape.
  6. Sprinkle few drops of oil, cover the dose & cook for 1 to 2 minutes or till its brown.
  7. Turn the other side of dose and cook for 1 more minute.
  8. Serve hot Heerekai/Ridge guard dose with a spoonful of Butter.