Plain Dosa Recipe | How to make dosa for beginners

Plain Dosa Recipe

Dosa is a very common and is a staple breakfast recipe in South India. There are many varieties of dosa. The base is the same but different toppings and stuffing bring different flavor & texture. The taste and texture of the dosa entirely depend on the batter. Dosa batter needs to ferment to be able to get tasty and crispy Dosas. Today I am sharing plain dosa recipe (including how to prepare perfect batter) in a simple to understand instructions that even beginners can easily prepare crispy and yummy Dosa.

How to prepare the batter for dosa:

• Wash, add enough water, and soak 1 cup urad dal, 3 cups rice, and 1 tsp fenugreek seeds in a bowl for a min of 5-6hrs or overnight.
• Drain off the water and add the little portion of urad dal and rice to the blender and blend. Add little water and make the smooth batter.
• Transfer the batter to the large vessel and keep aside.
• Also, blend the remaining dal and rice to a smooth batter.
• Add 2 tbsp of salt to the batter and mix well. Cover with the lid and rest the batter to ferment for 8-10 hrs. You can skip adding salt at the beginning and add just before preparing dosa.
• You can see the batter is nicely fermented. Mix the batter well.

How to make Dosa:

• Heat the pan and when the pan is hot enough, pour a ladleful of batter. Spread the batter circularly to make a thin dosa.
• Spray a little oil over the dosa and fry till it turns slightly golden.
• Fold over the dosa, transfer to a plate and serve hot with any chutney of your choice.

A Dosa without chutney is like a kadak chai without a biscuit etc.. Here am I including links to some of my favorite chutney. Please don’t forget to check these out

• Peanut Chutney | Groundnut Chutney | Palli Pachadi
• Putnala Pappula Pachadi Recipe | Roasted Chanadal Chutney Recipe
• Tomato Chutney | Andhra Style Tomato Roti Pachadi

Please do check our other Dosa Recipes :

• Rava Dosa Recipe | How to prepare Rava Dosa
• Easy Onion Uthappam Recipe | How to make easy Ullipaya Uttapam
• Easy Carrot Uthappam Recipe
• Pesarattu Dosa Recipe | Green Moong dal dosa Recipe

Plain Dosa

Dosa is a popular South Indian breakfast recipe made with a fermented batter prepared using soaked urad dal and rice.

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Prep Time 0 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Resting Time 10 hours hrs

Total Time 10 hours hrs 10 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine South Indian

Servings 12

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup Urad Dal
• 3 cups Rice (sona masuri / boiled )
• 1 tsp Fenugreek Seeds
• 2 tbsp Salt
• Oil to fry

Instructions

 

• Wash, add enough water and soak 1 cup urad dal, 3 cups rice and 1 tsp fenugreek seeds in a bowl for 5-6hrs or overnight.
  
• Drain off the water and add the little portion of urad dal and rice to the blender and blend. Add little water and make the smooth batter. 
  
• Transfer the batter to the large vessel and keep aside.
  
• Also blend the remaining dal and rice to a smooth batter.
  
• Add 2 tbsp of salt to the batter and mix well. Cover with the lid and rest the batter to ferment for 8-10 hrs.
  
•  You can see the batter is nicely fermented. Mix the batter well.
  
• Heat the pan and when the pan is hot enough, pour a ladleful of batter. Spread the batter circularly to make a thin dosa.
  
• Spray a little oil over the dosa and fry till it turns slightly golden.
  
• Fold over the dosa, transfer to a plate and serve hot with any chutney.
  

Keyword Dosa, Dosa batter, Plain Dosa

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