In my house, breakfast any day is either any variety of dosa/Idli or upma/poha. I make upma/ poha only on days when I have dosa batter handy for kids (they are HUGE dosa fans and for them breakfast means only bobbo or iddi {dosa/idli}). So, any new variety of dosa instantly grabs my attention and I have to try it out.

In one of the Konkani food groups that I am in, an amazing cook Anusha Mallya shares beautiful pictures of her dishes and I am always mesmerized specially by her dosa pictures. The dosas look so attractive that I had to try it as well. I saw that it had more rice than I regularly use and also had puffed rice in it which I found unique. So there I went as a dosa explorer (like Dora – the explorer, I could be Mitha – the dosa explorer 😅😅).

And imagine my excitement when it came out so well. Like magic, I could make it super crispy (the way my daughter likes it), medium crispy for my son and husband, soft ones for me (ek teer se teen nishaane! 😂) In all three ways, the dosa tasted amazing. It is definitely a keeper of a recipe. Thank you Anusha for your great recipe share! 🙏

Hope you all try and love it too. If nothing, a wonderful change from the regular breakfast. Do try with tomato chutney. They make a great combination. Happy and healthy cooking! ❤️

RECIPE:

Ingredients: { Makes about 25 dosas }

3 1/2 Cups Raw white rice or Idli rice or Dosa rice

1 Cup Urad dal (I use split ones)

2 tsp Methi or fenugreek seeds

1/2 Cup Bhel or puffed rice or Charmbure

Salt to taste

Step by step recipe:

1. Wash well and soak rice in atleast double the amount of water for atleast 4 hours. Wash well and soak the Urad dal along with Methi for atleast 4 hours. Now drain and add the Urad dal- Methi to the mixer.

2. Grind with about 3/4 Cup water to a smooth paste. Water amount depends on your mixer. Pour in a bowl. Now add the rice to the mixer along with puffed rice.

3. Grind the rice-puffed rice mixture to a smooth paste. It took me 3/4 Cup water to grind this too. Mix both the batters with hands adding salt.

4. Ferment the batter overnight or for atleast 8 hours.

5. Now heat a dosa pan and pour a ladle of batter onto it and spread into circle.

6. Cover and cook till dosa cooks. Add ghee while it cooks. Flip and cook for about half a minute.

7. Serve hot with a chutney of your choice. I have served with my Amma’s tomato chutney.

Notes:

* I use any variety of raw white rice available here for my dosas and idlis.

* Puffed rice gives it the crispy texture but also a softness if the dosa is made thick. If you don’t have puffed rice, substitute with equal amount of flattened rice or poha.

* If you like extra crispy dosa, cook till the underside turns really brown and looks like this.

* If you like soft dosas like set dosas, just pour a ladle and don’t spread much. Also cook only one side. It will turn out like this.

* Below, I have made the dosas medium crispy. So these dosas can be made in three ways which is the best part of this batter.

* I have served it with my Amma’s style of tomato chutney and it makes a great combination.