Our body needs carbohydrates, proteins, calcium, fats, vitamins, mineral salts, fibre.

Dosa has all this.

Carbohydrates are the source of energy. Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen are essential to keep us energetic and active. Food items such as potato, rice, spaghetti, yams, bread and cereals contain carbohydrates. These are the food items rich in starch.

Dosa has rice - starch - carbohydrates.

Proteins are turned into amino acids by our digestive system before they enter our blood. Proteins contain Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Sulphur. Proteins are absolutely necessary for the growth of our body and for repairing injured cells.

Dosa has lentils - proteins

Fat is also a source of energy. Just like proteins fats too contain Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen. Just by avoiding fat we cannot avoid putting on weight. Carbohydrates and proteins can also turn into fat. So it is necessary eat the right amount of energy containing food. How much energy we can take in? Naturally it depends on how much we can use through physical day-to-day activities and exercise.

To make dosa you use cooking oil. That gives you fat. And you can make it, according to your preference. Make it almost fat free or add more oil to make the dosa crispy, the choice is yours.

Mineral salts such as iron, calcium, sodium and iodine are necessary for different purposes. Iron is necessary for making hemoglobin. Decrease of hemoglobin leads to symptoms of anemia. Especially for pregnant women it is crucial to avoid problems of anemia. Calcium is essential for our bones, teeth and muscles. Nerve cells need sodium and our thyroid glands require iodine.

Dosa has calcium, iron and magnesium.

Fiber is important for good digestion, clear skin and healthy bowel movements.

Dosa has dietary fiber.

You can make different types of dosa. For example, carrot dosa gives you A. If you need more carbohydrates you can make masala dosa. Masala dosa has potatoes and that gives you more starch and more carbohydrates.

Dosa can be a good nutritious healthy meal for young and old including children.

I have been receiving some questions about making dosa.

One of the questions is about the use of cooking oil - when to use it and how much to use it.

You can smear the pan with a little bit of cooking oil before you make the dosa. It is not absolutely necessary, if you are using a non-stick pan.

But if you are making dosa for the first time, you may find it easier to fold and flip the dosa by smearing the pan first with a little oil.

If you want a crisp dosa, as you might have tasted in restaurants, you need to use two tea spoons of oil. You need to cook the dosa on low medium flame. The longer it takes to cook, the crispier it will be. Two tea spoons of oil around the dosa makes it very crisp.

If you want the dosa fat free, you can steam the dosa by covering it with a lid while cooking. You can use less oil this way. You can also make the dosa completely without oil.

For this take a piece of tissue paper folded into a wad. Dip it in water and squeeze out the wad. Smear the pan with that water. Make dosa with dosa batter. Cover the dosa with a lid. Steam cook it for a minute. Fold and flip. You must have a non-stick pan for this type of dosa. This dosa will not be crisp. It will be soft and tasty.

In the video you can see that no oil is being smeared before the dosa is made. Two tea spoons of oil is added around the dosa, after the circular shape is made on the pan. If you have not seen it yet, watch the video and learn how to make dosa.

- Take the required quantity of the mix.
- Add two parts water.

- Use a ladle of the type shown in the video.

- Make a circular shape on a flat pan.

- Cook over medium heat.

- Add two tea spoons of cooking oil.

- Fold and flip.

- Serve with a side dish.

The usual side dish for dosa is “chutney” but you can also eat it with sauce, ketchup, pickles, curry powder, etc.

The usual way of making dosa is laborious, but with instant mix, dosa is easy to cook. It takes just a few minutes to get things ready and prepare a dosa.

Dosa is healthy to eat because it has carbohydrates, proteins, calcium, iron and magnesium. For toddlers, old people as well as young and energetic adults, dosa is a complete meal with all the required nutrients.

The taste of dosa is has to be relished and felt. If you taste dosa once, the delicious taste will remain in your memory for years to come.

You can learn more about dosa from Instant Pancake Mix
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If you want to make dosa the usual way, you have to prepare a day in advance. In fact, it is two days if you include the fermentation process.

You need to soak rice and dal, grind it and leave it for fermentation.

But making dosa with instant mix is child’s play. It takesa few minutes to make one dosa. No advanced preparation is necessary.

All you do is to take two table spoons of the mix, add four table spoons of water and cook on a pan with two tea spoon cooking oil.

Everything including salt is added to instant dosa mix.

Even if you have never made dosa before you will be able to do it in minutes.

Dosa is a South Indian dish that is loved by all Indians as well as people who visit India. Dosa is healthy to eat and delicious to taste.

The usual making of dosa batter is a laborious process. Now a Instant Dosa Mix is available that makes dosa

easy to cook, healthy to eat and delicious to taste.