easy benne dosa recipe | davanagere benne dose | butter dosa recipe

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 480 minutes
  • Cook time: 30 minutes
  • Total time: 510 minutes
  • Yield: 30 dosa
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Cuisine: south indian

Ingredients

  • 3 cup dosa rice / sona masuri rice
  • ½ tsp methi / fenugreek seeds
  • 1 cup urad dal
  • 2 cup puffed rice / churumuri / murmura (washed & squeezed)
  • 1½ tsp salt
  • oil for roasting
  • butter for roasting

Method

  1. firstly in a blender blend 1 cup soaked urad dal to smooth paste adding water as required.
  2. transfer the smooth and fluffy batter of urad dal into a large bowl.
  3. in the blender blend 3 cup dosa rice, ½ tsp methi to slightly coarse paste adding water as required.
  4. transfer the rice batter to the bowl of urad dal batter.
  5. now take 2 cups washed & squeezed puffed rice in a blender.
  6. and blend to smooth paste.
  7. mix well making sure everything is combined well.
  8. now cover and rest in warm place for 8-10 hours or till the batter ferments and doubles.
  9. add 1½ tsp salt to the batter and mix well.
  10. also, heat the griddle and pour a ladleful of batter.
  11. spread out in a circular motion slightly thick than regular masala dosa.
  12. also spread a tsp of oil from sides of dosa.
  13. now add 1 tbsp of butter spreading all the sides of dosa.
  14. roast the dosa to a golden brown on both sides.
  15. finally, fold the benne dose / butter dosa into half and serve with chutney and aloo bhaji topped with more butter.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.