Pumpkin dosa recipe | How to make sihi kumbalakai dose | Cheenikai dose
By Latha on Sept 15th, 2020
Pumpkin dosa or sihi kumbalakai dose recipe explained with step by step pictures and video. Cheenikai dose or sihigumbala dosa is prepared using rice, coconut, red chilli, ginger, curry leaves and chopped pumpkin. This is a very easy, healthy and comforting dosa recipe. Pumpkin dosa is familiar by different names like cheenikai dose, sihi kumbalakayi dosa and sihigumbala dosa, kaddu dosa, mathanga dosa, poosanikai dosa. Cheenikai dose oe pumpkin dosa can be served with plain coconut chutney or can be eaten as it is.
Pumpkin dosa is a very tasty and instant dosa recipe. No need to ferment the batter. Just soak the rice, grind and prepare the dosa. It is always good to include vegetables in our diet to keep up the good health. Not only health benefits...this dosa tastes too good. You can prepare this for breakfast or as an evening snacks.
If you are looking for more pumpkin or cheenikai recipes, then do check my pumpkin idli, cheenikai palya or pumpkin stir fry, pumpkin chutney and pumpkin sambar recipes.
You can find many breakfast recipes on our website. If you are looking for more dosa recipes then do check our neer dose, masala dose, heerekai dose or ridgegourd dosa, ragi dose, curd dosa, rava rotti or dose, benne dose, bele dose or dal dosa, set dose and whole wheat dosa or godhi doserecipes.
I have made a video on this recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 3 hours
Cooking time: 20 min
Serves: 3
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 1 cup dosa rice (or any raw rice)
- 1 cup chopped pumpkin or sihikumbalakai
- 1/2 cup grated coconut
- Small piece ginger
- 2 - 3 red chillies
- Few curry leaves
- Ghee or oil for cooking
- Salt as per your taste
Instructions for making sihigumbalakai dose:
- Soak the rice for 2 - 3 hours.
- After soaking, drain the water and transfer the soaked rice into a mixie jar. Add in required water and grind it into a fine batter.
- Transfer it into a container.
- Next take chopped pumpkin in the same jar. Please note, I have peeled and chopped the pumpkin.
- Add in grated coconut and a small piece of ginger.
- Also add in red chillies and curry leaves.
- Grind until fine by adding minimum required water. Transfer it into the same container.
- Add in salt.
- Mix the batter well. The batter shall have regular urad dosa batter consistency.
- Now heat the dosa pan. Pour a laddle full of batter and spread it thin in a circular way.
- Close the lid for 5 - 10 seconds. Allow it to cook under medium flame.
- Open the lid and drizzle some ghee. Allow it to cook for few seconds under low flame. This makes the dosa more crispy.
- Fold the dosa and take it out. Serve it with any chutney of your choice. You can have this dosa as it is.
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