Are you tired of eating the same things every day? Or, more importantly, are your kids complaining to you. Well, kids are kids. Making them excited to eat a meal is always a difficult task. We cannot blame them, too, right. Seeing the same old breakfast in the lunch box won’t be interesting, right? But seeing tomato dosa can at least make them intrigued…What do you think?
Well, let’s be real. As kids, even we weren’t interested in knowing how beneficial a portion of food would be for us. We were eager to eat rich, beautiful-looking, unique foods, right? So, how can we blame our kids when they ask for the same thing? But does that mean compromising the health of your child, allowing them to eat junk food?
No. That means spicing up your everyday food. Inventing new ways, means and combinations in serving your everyday healthy meal options. That means slightly fooling your kids with rich colours, enticing combinations, and extravagant names to spike their interests. Well, doesn’t tomato dosa make you confused and curious? Then half the job of feeding your kids with healthy food is done. So why don’t we dive right in? Let me show you how to make healthy and extremely beautiful tomato dosa that is entertaining for your kid and extremely nutritious for both of you.
Ingredients required
- Rice: 1cup
- Urad Dal (Split): ¼ cup
- Parboiled rice: ¼ cup
- Poha: ¼ cup
- Fenugreek seeds: ¼ teaspoon
- Tomatoes: 3
- Mustard seeds: 1 teaspoon
- Finely chopped curry leaves: 1 sprig
- Finely chopped onion: 2
- Salt: as required
- Water: as required
- Oil: as required
Let’s make a nutritious Tomato Dosa recipe
To begin with, you have to do some prep. So let’s go to that.
Make dosa batter
- Rinse the rice and urad dal till you get clean colour water.
- Now, rinse the parboiled rice, poha and fenugreek seeds just once.
- Soak every ingredient separately in enough water to submerge them for at least 8 hours.
- After 8 hours, drain and discard the water from everything other than the fenugreek seeds.
- Add the rice, urad dal and a quarter cup of water to the blender and blend into a coarsely smooth consistency.
- Now, add fenugreek seeds and the water, poha and parboiled rice into this mixture. Then add another quarter cup and more if needed to the blender and blend till it becomes a semi-thick smooth batter without any grains.
- Now leave this batter to ferment for 8 hours.
- After 8 hours, your batter would have doubled in quantity and become frothy. Now, your dosa batter is ready.
Now, let’s make our Dosa batter into Tomato Dosa batter!
- Chop the tomatoes roughly and grind them until smooth.
- Now, heat some oil, preferably coconut oil, into a pan.
- Add mustard seeds to the hot oil and wait for them to pop.
- Once the popping subsides, add the curry leaves and pour the tomato puree into it.
- Cook the puree until it thickens up a bit and set it aside to be cooled
- Once it is cool to touch, add the puree and salt into the dosa batter and mix it properly.
- Now, your Tomato dosa batter is ready.
Let’s make some crispy Tomato dosa.
- Heat a dosa tawa or a non-stick pan on medium flame.
- Once the pan becomes hot, scoop a spoonful of batter onto the pan.
- Spread the batter as a thin sheet on the pan with the back of your spoon.
- Now, cover the pan with a plate for 20 seconds or so.
- Remove the covering and sprinkle some oil on top of the dosa.
- Now using a spatula, slowly release the sides of your dosa.
- Then slowly detach your dosa from the surface of the pan.
- Repeat the same process until you are satisfied. Delicious Tomato dosa is ready!
Are you wondering if this is the only way to spice up your dosa batter? Absolutely not. Dosa is a highly versatile dish that can be spiced with multiple ingredients and paired with multiple combinations. Then you may be thinking why I chose tomato specifically. Well, it’s because tomato is such a beneficial fruit.
Benefits of including tomatoes in your diet
Those innocent-looking red colour fruits, which are slightly sweet and tangy, are not just a meagre ingredient that adds a pop of colour to your dish. Tomatoes are an excellent source of components like lycopene. They also contain nutrients like Vitamin B and E, Potassium etc. Want to know what adding tomatoes to your diet can do for you?
Ways in which Tomato Dosa makes you more healthy
- The lycopene in tomatoes strengthens your immune system.
- The lycopene in tomatoes reduces the level of LDL and blood pressure, thereby lowering your risk of cardiovascular diseases.
- The zeaxanthin in tomatoes improves the health of your eyes.
- The lycopene, lutein and zeaxanthin in tomatoes will help you to prevent lung diseases like emphysema.
- Having more tomatoes can reduce your risk of getting a stroke
- The lycopene in tomatoes will help to fight oral diseases like gingivitis and periodontitis
- Finally, the lycopene in tomatoes will shield you from the sun by acting like sunscreen. So it helps to improve your skin, just like Nutriplus SkinHealth!
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Finally, get rid of skin problems and welcome smooth, hydrated, and healthy skin today by incorporating tomatoes or, even better, Nutriplus SkinHealth into your life. Remember, these few minuscule changes you make in your life will ensure a healthy and prosperous tomorrow for you. So, always make an informed, easy and beneficial choice for a bright and healthy you!
