Spinach Masala Dosa | Keerai Masala Dosai | Street food

Spinach Masala Dosa, a delicious dosa with red chutney spread all over dosa and stuffed with spinach masala inside. This is one of the dosa recipes that i have learnt from the "99 variety dosa cart" when we were in Bangalore. 

I love almost all varieties of dosa from those dosa carts that you can see all over Bangalore after 6PM. One such dosa cart was just around the corner of the street where we lived in Bangalore and we often had our dinner from those dosa carts and my favorites are this spinach masala dosa, spring dosa, mix veg dosa &  the list goes on. I really miss those dosa now here, so to satisfy my cravings, i often make them at home.

Here in the recipe, i have prepared the spinach masala ahead and later use that as stuffing for dosa. But in those carts, they even prepare the spinach masala on top of the dosa on the fly. In those carts, they have all the vegetables cut and placed in a separate bowl, red chutney in another bowl, potato filling & dosa batter in a big separate vessel and some spices & butter.

First they spread the dosa and keep the flame in the lowest possible, then depends on the stuffing we chose, they add all the veggies, butter, red chutney and some spices  on top of the dosa and mix it all well together with the metal masher and let it cook for a min or two, Tada, your dosa would be ready. 

Since I don't have that master skill of making the stuffing on the fly, I prepared the masala ahead like the potato masala and use it. Whatever the way, it still tastes awesome and almost similar to the taste of roadside dosa!!!  

If you want to know what i have prepared for past 4 days under "Street food" theme, here they are
Day 1 - Dahi Papdi Chaat
Day 2 - Bhel Puri
Day 3 - Jalebi
Day 4 - Nannari Paal Sharbath

Spinach Masala Dosai

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Makes : 4 
Recipe Category: Dosa | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Spinach Masala Dosai, Keerai Dosai,99 cart Dosa Spinach Masala Dosa, a delicious dosa with red chutney spread all over dosa and stuffed with spinach masala inside.

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Ingredients
Spinach - 2 cup
Onion - 1(small)
Tomato - 1(small)
Garlic - 2
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Red chili powder - 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp 
Garam Masala powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Dosa batter -  1 cup
Red Chutney - as needed
Butter - 2 tbsp
Oil - 1 tsp

Procedure

First chop the onion & tomato into small pieces. Crush the garlic and chop the spinach roughly.Heat the pan with oil and add the onions, saute till it becomes translucent, then add the tomatoes.

Saute till the tomatoes are mushy, add the spinach and the spices(turmeric, red chili, coriander & garam masala powder ) & salt and mix it all together well.

Let it cover cook for few mins until the raw smell of the spices goes off. Tada, your stuffing is ready.

Now let's make dosa, take the batter, red chutney and spinach masala. Heat the dosa pan. Once the dosa pan is well heated, add 1/4 cup of dosa batter and spread it evenly and  then add 1 tbsp of red chutney and spread it on the dosa evenly.

Add 1/2 tbsp of butter & the spinach masala  & spread it evenly on all over the dosa. Fold the dosa and remove it from the pan.

Tada, 99 dosa cart style spinach masala dosa is ready.

Related: How to make Masala Dosa 

Notes:

• To check the correct temperature of dosa pan, sprinkle some water on the pan, it should sizzle immediately.
• You can add more or less of the red chutney depends on the spice level you want.
• I know that the butter quantity for a dosa is bit more, but that's give the great flavor and taste to the dosa. But if don't want use that much butter, you can reduce it always.