Easy Dosa Recipe | 7 Pro Tips South Indian Dosa Batter Recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: Not specified
- Yield: 4 litre
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
- 3 cup idli rice
- 1 tsp methi
- 1 cup urad dal
- 1 cup thin poha / avalakki / beaten rice
Method
- firstly, in a large bowl soak 3 cup idli rice and 1 tsp methi for 5 hours.
- also, soak 1 cup urad dal for 3 hours.
- drain off the urad dal and transfer to the grinder. you can use mixi if you are comfortable.
- grind to smooth paste adding water as required.
- after grinding for 40 minutes, the batter will turn soft and fluffy.
- scoop out urad dal batter and keep aside.
- in the same grinder add soaked rice and 1 cup poha.
- also, add water as required and grind the batter.
- grind to a slightly coarse batter. if you grind to a very smooth paste, then the dosa will be very soft and not crisp.
- transfer the batter to the same vessel of urad dal batter.
- mix well making sure everything is well combined.
- cover and allow to ferment for 8 hours in a warm place.
- after 8 hours, the batter would have doubled indicating its well fermented.
- now mix the batter gently and use the batter to prepare dosa.
- finally, the dosa batter can be stored in the refrigerator for up to a week and use to make weeks breakfast.
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.