Banana Dosa/Balehannu dose

Banana is a staple in this part of the world. A fruit available for all the 12 months of the year. And even most of our festival rituals include giving away fruits and mostly banana and betel leaves. On numerous such occasions where everyone is buying and giving away bananas one tend to go bananas wondering what to do with them. Here is nice way of including them in your food. This one will be relished by even those who normally don’t like banana.

The fruit has numerous health benefits ranging from providing vital micro-nutrients, aiding digestion, providing energy, improving mood, strengthen your bones, blood, hair,skin etc. Most people avoid it as it is fattening/high in sugar, a fact they conveniently forget while eating sweets and junk food.

Anyway here is the quick & simple recipe for Banana dosa/ಬಾಳೆಹಣ್ಣು ದೋಸೆ without any more ‘gyan’.

Ingredients:

• Banana – 4 medium ones(ripe)
• Rice – 1 cup
• Water – for batter
• Oil/Ghee – for frying
• Salt – as per taste

Method:

• Soak rice for about an hour
• After it is soaked, grind the rice to make a coarse paste
• Now add the bananas and grind again to make a fine paste
• Once you are done, the batter for banana dosa is ready
• Pour some oil/ghee on a hot flat tawa and spread the batter for delicious dosa.

Spread dosa batter

You can have this with any traditional dosa accompaniments or with some yumm sabzi, chutney and curd like we did.

Banana Dosa/Balehannu dose