Dosai
Photo Courtesy: Aarthi (my sister)
Photo Courtesy: Padmini, Srinivasan (My Parents)
Making dosa is an art! My mom and sister make super crisp dosas. Different people use different proportions to make the dosa batter. I shall list the various proportions and the kind of final dosa you will get by using these proportions.
Regular Dosai/Dosa
Variety 1:
1 cup urad dal
3 1/2 cups raw rice
1 tsp methi seeds............................................thnx mom, olly
This batter is only good for dosas. You cannot make Idli in this batter. Also, you can make both soft and crisp dosas. The soft white dosas are exceptionally good when you use this proportion. Especially when you take dosas for lunch box, it is always better to take white soft dosas coz crispy dosas taste bad after they lose heat. Also raw rice dosas are easier to swallow when they lose heat!
Dosai (with raw rice only)
Photo Courtesy: Padmini, Srinivasan (my parents)
1 1/2 cup raw rice
2 1/2 cups boiled rice/ idly rice
1 tsp methi seeds
1 cup urad dal....................................(the recipe I use regularly)- thnx chithi papa , shanth, booma
This batter is good for making both dosas and idlis.
Variety 3:
2 cups raw rice
2 cups boiled rice/ idly rice
1 tsp methi seeds
1 cup urad dal...............................................thnx panda
Good for both Idlis and Dosas. Idlis are very soft
Variety 4:
1 cup urad dal
4 cups boiled rice/ idly rice
1 tsp methi seeds.................................thnx aarthi, siyamee, subha
OR
4 cups boiled rice/ idly rice
1 tsp methi seeds
1/4 cup Poha/ Aval......................thnx Siyamee
This batter is excellent for Idlis, crisp doas and Masala dosas.
Variety 5:
Also, depending on the quality of urad dal, if the urad does not increase much in volume, reduce the urad dal:rice ratio to 1:3 instead of 1:4
Soak the dal and rice separately for 4-5 hours. Methi can be added either to the rice or the urad dal. Drain the excess water. Wash well. Grind the urad dal first for 45 minutes in a grinder. If you are using a mixie, grind till fluffy and super smooth. Remove the urad batter. Next put the rice mixture and grind for 22 min adding water to the batter. The rice batter should not be very fine. You should be able to feel the coarse texture when you run your fingers in the batter (some what like fine sooji rava consistency).
Pour a ladleful of the batter in the centre of a preheated iron griddle. Swiftly spread it in circles to make dosa. Add some oil. When cooked on one side, flip and continue to cook till golden like shown in picture.
Watch how to make a dosa
25 comments:
Yummy yummy yummy!Look at that dosa!
thanks priya,
preethi or myself will make it for u whenever u visit either of us!! how's canada?
I love your food blog. Excellent. So many wonderful recipes to try. Thanks. Which recipe (variety 1,2, etc) did you used for making Mysore masala dosa.Thanks in advance.
Radha
hi radha... we use a separate batter for mysore masala dosa
Click on this link for the detailed recipe
http://authentic-food-treasures.blogspot.com/2009/04/mysore-masala-dosa-set-dosa.html
Or just check the Mysore Masala dosa on the drop down menu in the idli/dosa variety section
thanx so much for yr encouraging comments
absolutely no pbm dear..Even i send that dosa I dont think so that it will be a pbm...You can send this to padma's event..still I have not decided about it..so no pbm..
The dosais look absolutely perfect !
very nice post about different types of dosa batters... nice clicks!
you have a wonderful blog!
Wow .... Lovely post .. We bengalis don't eat dosa ... So its very informative for me ...
Dosa looks so great and thx for the doas batter verities.
Wow..that's real wonderful so many variety..wonderful Preethi
Oh wow.....love that crispy dosa.....looks yum....
WOW!!! Preethi... so many varieties of dosas yaar ... too good... and also nice tips ... loved that idea a lot... thanks for sending this to my dosa event dear :D
thnx padma, Im so glad u liked it da...
What a nice collection-will have to bookmark this :)
thank u all! Im so glad that this is useful dolon, kalai
wow so many dosas around today......nice job and i enjoyed watching the video!!
Wow what a variety....am hungry now! USeful post Preethi...am gona make some variety dosas from now on:)
hehe, thnx nithya, Aruna!
Lovely collection of dosas. Nice post da.
Waiting to see the round up:)
thnx viki, me too...kind of excited about this round up, sure to discover so much more about the versatile dosa!
Wow what a collection da simply superb and many verities every thing looks so delicious
thnx rekha!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
My wife has been making dosas for a few weeks now (it's her latest thing in cooking) and she has had the filling perfect and even a perfect chutney for the top but has yet to get the dosas just right.
Every person from India that we spoke to in our town seem to give us a different ratio for dosa ingredients and most were wrong. We tried 1 to 1 ration, 2 to 1 ratio, and finally someone told us it's 3 to 1 ratio and your recipes show that we had it close.
Thanks for posting this it is much appreciated and it looks like we will be making dosas again this weekend.
thank u so much yogi..made my day!
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