Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Set Dosa Recipe | Hotel Style Super Soft Sponge Dosa is a vegetarian karnataka breakfast made with idli rice, urad dal, and methi / fenugreek in about 510 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: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Total time: 510 minutes
- Yield: 20 dosa
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: karnataka
Ingredients
- 2 cup idli rice
- ½ cup urad dal
- ½ tsp methi / fenugreek
- 1 cup poha / aval / flattened rice (thin)
- water (for soaking & grinding)
- 2 tsp salt
- oil (for roasting)
Method
- firstly, in a large bowl take 2 cup idli rice, ½ cup urad dal and ½ tsp methi.
- add enough water and soak for 5 hours.
- drain off the water and transfer to the mixi or grinder.
- blend to smooth paste in batches adding water as required.
- in a bowl take 1 cup poha and rinse well.
- blend to smooth paste adding water if required.
- mix the rice-urad dal batter and poha paste well.
- cover and ferment in a warm place for 8 hours.
- after 8 hours, the batter has doubled in size. mix gently without disturbing the air bubbles.
- further add 2 tsp salt and mix well.
- heat the griddle and pour a ladleful of batter.
- spread out in a circular motion slightly thick than regular masala dosa.
- also pour ½ tsp oil around the edges.
- cover and roast the dosa to a golden brown from the bottom and completely cooked from the top in presence of steam.
- finally, enjoy set dosa with 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.
