INGREDIENTS:
Potatoes – 3
Big onion - 1
Green Chillis - 3 or 4
Ginger - a small piece (optional)
Turmeric Powder - a pinch
Hing
Curry Leaves - few
Salt
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp.
Urad dhal - 1/2 tsp.
Oil- 2 tsp.
Cut onions into lengthy strips. Slit green chillies vertically.
In a kadai, heat oil and add mustard seeds. When they splutter, add urad dhal and fry till golden brown. Now add turmeric powder, hing, onions and curry leaves and fry till transparent. Add the potatoes and salt. Slightly mash the potatoes.
While spreading for dosa, place a ladle of masal and spread only on one half of the dosa and fold the other half to cover it and serve.
NOTE: For spreading in the dosa , the masal should be semi-solid.
For chappatis and pooris, the masal should be like a gravy.