Name: Masala Thosai
Yield: Makes 12
Cuisine: Sri Lankan
Ingredients: 50 g (1¾ oz/¼ cup) chana dal (split chick peas); 1 tsp salt; 1 x Thosai; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 7 fresh curry leaves; 1 tsp butter or ghee; 2 green chillies, finely chopped with seeds in; 1 medium onion, finely sliced; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 300 g (10½ oz) potatoes; 2 tbsp oil; 2.5 cm (1-inch) piece of ginger, peeled and finely chopped

Preparation info

Makes
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sri Lanka

By Prakash K. Sivanathan and Niranjala M. Ellawala

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

50 g (1¾ oz/¼ cup) chana dal (split chick peas)
300</

Method

Make the masala

Wash the chana dal and then put it in a bowl, cover with water and soak for 10 minutes.

Wash the potatoes and boil them with skins on for about 15 minutes until cooked. Take them off the heat and leave to cool. Then, peel off the skins and gently mash them, leaving plenty of small chunks.

Heat the oil in a medium frying pan (