Schezwan Vegetable Dosa

Hiiii friends,

After a while, I am here with a recipe, which is simple to make, spicy, yet delicious. Tried my hands for the first time and happy that the experiment was a success. My hubby was so impressed with this dosa. It got finished in no time. Myself and my hubby loves spicy foods. So, this one was like a big treat for both of us.

Please note: This recipe is solely dedicated for spice lovers. If you cannot stand spicy foods, then please reduce the amount of chillies used to make schezwan sauce.

If you want, you can add cheese in to this. But I avoided that step as we do not want to add much calories in our food this time. The choice of vegetables used in this is completely up to you. 

Try this recipe and I am sure you are going to love this.

Ingredients

For Dosa

• Dosa Batter - as needed to pour dosas
• Butter / oil - to smear on top of dosas
• Schezwan Sauce - as needed (Recipe given)

Vegetable filling

• Oil - 1 tsp
• Onion - 1, thinly sliced
• Cabbage - Julienne 1/2 cup
• Carrot - Julienne 1/2 cup
• Capsicum - any colour, Julienne, 1/2 cup
• Schezwan sauce - 1 tblspn

For Schezwan Sauce

• Dry red  chillies - 25 nos
• Ginger and Garlic - Both crushed, 4 tblspn each(15-20 cloves garlic)
• Tomato sauce - 1 tblspn
• Chilli sauce - 1 tblspn
• Soya Sauce - 2 tsp
• Freshly crushed black pepper - 1 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Sugar - 2 tsp
• Oil - 2 tblspn

Method

For Schezwan Sauce

De-seed the red chillies and add in to a pan. Add a cup of water and allow it to boil for 5 minutes in a medium flame. The chillies might have become soft by then.
Allow it to cool and blend in to a smooth paste along with the water.
Keep it aside

Heat oil in a pan and add crushed ginger and garlic. Saute until it starts changing the colour.
Now add the chilli paste and give a good mix.
Add tomato sauce, chilli sauce and soya sauce. Mix good and cook for a minute or so.
Now add salt, sugar and pepper. Let it cook on a medium heat for 5-8 minutes. Turn off the heat.
Allow the sauce to cool down completely and then transfer it to a clean air tight container. Use as required.

For Vegetables

• Heat oil in a pan. Let the heat be in high.
• Add all the veggies together(even onion). Toss them in the pan for about 5 minutes. The veggies should be half cooked and the crunchiness should be still there on them.
• Now add salt and some schezwan sauce. Give it a good mix and turn off the heat. Your vegetable filling is now ready. Keep it ready

How to proceed?

• Heat your dosa tawa and spread the dosa batter as thin as possible. Make sure to keep the heat in medium in order to get crispy dosas.
• Drizzle some oil or dollop a tsp of butter.
• Spread a tsp of schezwan sauce all over the dosa, as evenly as possible. This step is completely optional. But tastes extremely good.
• Top it with the veggies. Add some grated cheese. (If you want. I did not add. But tastes great). 

• Let the dosas get crisped up. Fold and serve.
• You do not need any side dish for this. Tastes absolutely good just like that.