DOSA- YUMMY N HEALTHY TOO:-)

A yummy as well as a healthy food, one of the staple diets of South Indians.

How many can you eat a stretch..Don't ask me ;-) 

A very light, crispy or soft or spongy plain, bland or can be moulded into many variations by changing the toppings, like drizzling just a bit of oil, or shower your dosa with few onions, green chillies, coriander, grated carrot or even want to have a heavy calorie stuffing.. go with mashed potatoes stuffed with your dosa, or non-veg lovers can explore your dosas with a paint of raw egg, or even can add small, small chunks of finely diced chicken over this versatile and tasty dish.

While we happily enjoy all those toppings over the dosa, we do have to think of kids also ..Right..

So, need not disappoint them friends, instead just add your kids favourite grated cheese along with some home made tomato sauce or even can add some amount dairy products like paneer and ghee or even few kids just love the plain dosa paper crispy..In fact my kids ask me to make paper dosas :-)

A lot of recipe variation and mouth watering description, That's ok..But does the amount of nutrients in dosa work out good/bad for our body??

Just check the description of the hidden health benefits of our common food available as well as prepared easily:-)

              Hmm.. We all know dosa is prepared from rice and lentils(black,urad dal) soaked overnight and made into a batter. 

Now this lentils are actually a good source of proteins, carbohydrates(complex), and fat which is saturated fat, but before you guys start worrying of the saturated fats which are actually risky for heart when taken in excess..the amount of fat is less only. Again this rings an alarm when you go on bingeing lots and lots of those soft pancakes at a stretch ..In stead if you are really fond of these dosa divide the quantity among the day, I mean, have 1-2 in your breakfast, another dose of them in your mid-day meal, and again enjoy them in your supper(dinner):-) 

                    Fermentation - This is again another super process being practised since olden times and again here we have to be thankful to our ancestors as, in those days when the machineries and processing of food particles was not invented they actually introduced a fantastic method called fermentation which helps in making the grains and legumes more softer so that they are easily digested and not only that, fermentation also removes the phytic acid over the grains..And now..what is this phytic acid??

It is the villain hidden in the highly nutritious grains and legumes which blocks the minerals to get absorbed in the human body..We humans are more intelligent and found out that soaking the grains for a certain period of time in water helps in washing away the villain(phytic acid) ;-)

This Urad dal also is highly rich short chain fatty acids, which plays a major role in preventing the accumulation of cholesterol in the body..

Urad dal(black lentil) is also an excellent food which protects you from the chilled winters as it has a property of providing heat to your body and keep you warm from inside:-)

Another excellency of these dosas (rice & lentil pancakes) is they are gluten free, and dairy free and people with gluten sensitivity and lactose intolerant people can happily enjoy our desi dosas:-)

Calcium, Iron and few B vitamins and Vitamin C are also gained by eating Dosa.

Vegetarians can have their dose of proteins even through dosas as these LENTILS have good amount of proteins:-)

Being a good carbohydrate, these dosas are actually apt for people recovering from illness or even to those who are sick and suffering from fever as they provide instant energy through their carbohydrate content and at the same time palatable to your tasteless tongue.

Low in calories these dosas are good friends of people who are on diet;-) But if you guys are having it with loads of masala, oil and ghee, then beware!! as you may be doubling the amount of calorie intake compared to plain or onion dosas.