Recipes · Indian · Breakfast

Masala Dosa

One serving has 563 kcal and 13 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of manganese (74%), copper (60%), vitamin C (57%), folate (54%), pyridoxine (52%) and thiamin (50%). Ready in 740 minutes.

Masala Dosa
Photo: Yakshitha, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
  • Preparation: 720 min
  • Cooking: 20 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (295 g)
  • Difficulty: Hard
  • Diets: Vegan, Gluten-free, Dairy-free
  • Contains: mustard

Ingredients

  • 60 g Long-grain rice
  • 20 g Urad dal
  • 0.5 g Fenugreek
  • 150 g Potatoes
  • 40 g Onion
  • 0.5 g Mustard seeds
  • 0.3 g Turmeric
  • 4 g Green chilies
  • 3 g Ginger
  • 15 g Vegetable oil
  • 2 g Salt

Method

  1. Soak the rice, and the urad dal with fenugreek, separately for 5 hours. Grind to a smooth batter, mix with salt and leave to ferment overnight.
  2. Boil and roughly mash the potatoes.
  3. For the filling, fry the mustard seeds in half the oil, add the onion, ginger and chili, then the turmeric and potatoes, and season.
  4. Heat a flat pan, spread a ladle of batter into a thin round and drizzle with oil.
  5. Cook until crisp and golden, put the potato filling in the middle and fold.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy563 kcal27%
Carbohydrates91.3 g
Water170 mL
Fiber8.6 g29%
Protein13.2 g28%
Tryptophan0.14 g
Threonine0.45 g
Isoleucine0.56 g
Leucine0.96 g
Lysine0.69 g
Methionine0.23 g
Cystine0.18 g
Phenylalanine0.67 g
Tyrosine0.39 g
Valine0.73 g
Histidine0.31 g
Fat16.1 g
Monounsaturated6.3 g
Polyunsaturated6.5 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-65.5 g
Saturated2.3 g
Trans-Fats0 g
Cholesterol0 mg
Calcium76 mg8%
Copper0.54 mg60%
Iron5.9 mg33%
Magnesium113 mg36%
Manganese1.3 mg74%
Phosphorus251 mg36%
Potassium1,001 mg21%
Selenium12.6 µg23%
Sodium798 mg
Zinc1.9 mg24%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.55 mg50%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.15 mg14%
Niacin (vitamin B3)4.5 mg32%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)1.3 mg26%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.67 mg52%
Folate (vitamin B9)214 µg54%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0 µg0%
Choline26.2 mg6%
Vitamin A2.6 µg0%
Vitamin C42.4 mg57%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)0 IU0%
Vitamin E2.6 mg17%
Vitamin K20.3 µg23%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.3 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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