set dosa recipe

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set dosa recipe – learn how to make set dosa.
set dosa, a popular breakfast served in most fast food or tiffin centers in Bangalore and other parts of Karnataka. A set of soft and thick spongy dosas are served together with coconut chutney and sagu. This is a basic set dosa recipe that can even be used to make dosas without oil on a nonstick tawa. These turn out to be soft, mouth melting and spongy with a delicate texture. These are different from the poha dosa called as atukala dosa in telugu.To make good set dosa, proper fermentation of the batter is very important otherwise they don’t yield porous and spongy dosa. Urad dal, rice, fenugreek seeds and poha are the ingredients that are used to make the batter.Fermentation time varies or depends on the climatic conditions or season. Due to the cold weather, this time i had to ferment it for 18 hours to raise the batter well, but the batter did not turn sour.

Prep time

12 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

32 mins

Set dosa is one of the popular breakfast served in fast food centers or tiffin centers in bangalore and karnataka

Author: MRIDUL DUA

Recipe type: Breakfast

Cuisine: Karnataka

Yield / Serves: 20

Ingredients (240 ml cup used)

• 2 cups dosa rice or ponni rice
• 1 cup medium aval/ poha/ attukulu/avalakki
• ½ cup urad dal / minapa pappu
• 1½ tsp fenugreek seeds/ menthulu/methi
• non iodised salt as needed
• oil as needed

Instructions

1. To make set dosa recipe, wash rice and soak in ample water for about 5 hours.
2. wash and soak urad dal and fenugreek seeds in ample water for about 5 hours.
3. Wash poha just before grinding the batter.
4. Add urad dal, salt, fenugreek seeds and aval to a blender jar along with 1 cup water and blend till bubbly. if needed add more water to grind the batter smooth. Do not add too much water, batter should not be very runny.
5. transfer the batter to a large bowl.
6. add rice to the jar along with ¼ cup water. Grind to a smooth batter.
7. pour this to the urad dal batter. Mix everything well till well combined.
8. Set aside in a warm place for 8 to 12 hours for the batter to ferment and rise well.
9. heat a tawa, mix the batter gently.
10. pour one ladle full of batter and dab it gently to spread the batter don not spread like a normal dosa. add oil across the edges.
11. cover and cook for a while until it is cooked inside. you can flip and cook it for a minute on the inner side as well.
12. to get a crusty dosa, lower the flame and cook for a while.
13. sprinkle spice powder and serve hot with chutney
14. repeat making more set dosa on the tawa