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485 min — 480 min prep, 5 min cooking.

Plain Dosa

Name: Plain Dosa
Prep time: 480 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 485 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Tamil Nadu Indian
Ingredients: 250g Dosa Batter (Classic); salt; 2tbsp Coconut Oil

Thin crispy rice-lentil crepe cooked on hot tawa. Foundation of Tamil breakfast culture with multiple chutneys.

Time 485 min · Serves 3 · 189 kcal · Central Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu

Ingredients

Main

Dosa Batter (Classic) — 250 g (whole)
salt (optional) (whole)

Tempering

Coconut Oil — 2 tbsp (whole)

Method

Use well-fermented dosa batter (rice and urad dal soaked, ground, fermented overnight). Add salt and a little water to reach a pourable, slightly thin consistency.
Heat a tawa until hot. Sprinkle a few drops of water; it should sizzle. Wipe with an oiled cloth.
Pour a ladle of batter at the centre and spread outward in a spiral into a thin circle. Drizzle a little oil around the edges.
Cook on medium-high until the base turns golden and crisp and the edges lift. Fold and serve hot with chutney and sambar.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Plain Dosa?: 189 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 485 min — 480 min prep, 5 min cooking.

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