Mashingapathiye Polo (Muringayila Dosa)

Masingapathe polo / Muringayila dosa is a Konkani style instant spicy drumstick leaves dosa made with tender drumstick leaves (moringa leaves) and can be served as a breakfast dish or as a tea time snack. Mashinga Pathiye Polo recipe is explained with step by step method and photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Masingapathiye Polo / Muringayila Dosa.

Ingredients:-

Tender Drumstick leaves. - a small bunch
Tamarind juice.                 - 2tbsp
Hing powder.                     -1/4 tsp
Salt.                                    - to taste

Coconut oil.                        - for roasting dosa

For grinding Coconut Masala paste:-

Raw Rice.            -1cup
Grated Coconut.  -1 cup
Dry Red chillies.  - 5 or Chilly powder. -1tsp
Turmeric powder. - 1/4tsp

Instructions:-

1). Clean and seperate the tender drumstick leaves from its branches.Remove the small twigs and small branches attached to the drumstick leaves. Wash the leaves in water and drain water completely and keep aside.

2). Wash and soak raw rice in water for 5 hours. Drain the soaked water and grind the soaked raw rice along with grated coconut, dry red chillies (or chilly powder) and turmeric powder to a smooth paste adding very little water.Transfer the ground batter to a bowl. Soak a small piece of tamarind in little warm water, squeeze and extract tamarind juice.Add tamarind juice, hing powder and required salt into the ground batter and mix the batter well.

3). Add washed and cleaned drumstick leaves into the batter.

4). Mix the batter with a ladle.The consistency of the batter is semi thick and add water according to the consistency. No need to ferment the batter.Now the dosa batter is ready to take drumstick leaves dosa.

Method:-

1). Heat a dosa tawa on medium flame and apply little coconut oil on the tawa.

2). Mix the batter with a ladle and take a ladle full of batter.

3). Pour the ladle of batter on hot tawa.

4). Spread the batter evenly on hot tawa and make a thin or thick round dosa.

5). Cover and cook the drumstick dosa for 4 minutes on medium flame or till the base of the dosa is roasted well and becomes golden colour.

6). Open the lid and pour little oil on all sides of the dosa. Flip the dosa with a flat spatula to cook the other side till golden colour.

7). When both sides are roasted well remove the roasted drumstick leave dosa from hot tawa with flat spatula and transfer to a serving plate. Repeat the process and make drumstick leaves dosa with the remaining batter. Or you can keep the remaining dosa batter in the refrigerator for further use.

A tasty and healthy Mashingapathiye Polo/ Drumstick leaves Dosa/ Muringayila Dosa is ready to serve hot.