Pesto Dosai

Original source of recipe

Since it is not my original recipe and the above link already has a comprehensive description of the recipe, I do not want to repeate the ingredients and directions again.

Ever since I visited rocketbites, I was hooked on to the pesto dosai. So decided to make it on Valetine’s Day. Not that hubby and myself usually celebrate V’s day or have any particular attachment to that …… holiday(?)…festival(?)…celebration(?)…heck lets just call it a day. But considering my options(I had only dosa batter in my fridge, I had absolutely no inclination to grocery shop/slave in front of the stove, kids were cranky having skipped lunch and nap, so going out was ruled out), I decided that V’s day was good as any :) Ain’t I romantic?!

Anyways, I made slight variations. For some reason, when I read the original recipe, I imagined adding a slice of cheese. So I added cheese and doubled the quantity of spinach and mushroom. It was a super stuffed dosai and thanks to the cheese the stuffing didn’t fall out. I also added ½ tsp of fresh ground pepper and ½ tsp of red pepper flakes to the filling.

I had to mention this. Hubby had the dosai with idli milagai podi, which I took as a personal insult. For the record, the dosais were JUST RIGHT as is. And, yes, even if I didn’t come up with the recipe, I can still take offense. Standing in front for the stove for a whole 30 minutes gives me that right.