Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, kara dosa recipe | kara dosai | how to make spicy dosa recipe is a vegetarian karnataka dosa made with oil, garlic, and shallots in about 15 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 5 Dosa
- Category: dosa
- Cuisine: karnataka
Ingredients
- 2 tsp oil
- 3 clove garlic
- 4 shallots (chopped)
- 3 dried red chilli
- 1 tomato (finely chopped)
- small ball sized tamarind
- ½ tsp salt
!for tempering:
- 3 tsp oil
- ½ tsp mustard
- pinch hing / asafoetida
- few curry leaves
!for dosa:
- 2 cup dosa batter
- oil for roasting
Method
- firstly, in a tawa heat 2 tsp oil and saute 3 clove garlic.
- add 4 shallots and saute until onions shrink slightly.
- further add 3 dried red chilli, 1 tomato and saute until tomatoes turn soft and mushy.
- cool down the mixture completely and transfer to the blender.
- add small ball sized tamarind and ½ tsp salt.
- blend to smooth paste without adding water.
- to prepare dosa, heat dosa tawa and spread a ladleful of batter gently.
- pour a tsp of oil over dosa.
- cover and roast on medium flame until the dosa turns golden.
- further, spread a tsp of prepared kara chutney uniformly.
- finally, enjoy kara dosa with coconut chutney.
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.
