Those of us who grew up in Bangalore, must be familiar with set dosa 🙂 A hearty breakfast, the spongy and fluffy dosas are delicious when paired with chutney or sagu.

Here’s a simple recipe on how you can make set dosas.

Ingredients:

• Dosa rice/ Raw rice – 2 ½ cups
• Parboiled rice – 1 ½ cups
• Methi/Fenugreek seeds – 3 tsp
• Urad/ Black gram Dal – 1/2 cup
• Puffed rice – 1 ½ cups Soda – a pinch
• Oil
• Salt as required

Method:

Making the dosa batter:

1. Take dosa rice, parboiled rice, and methi in a big bowl; wash them thoroughly and soak.
2. In another bowl, take urad dal and wash it thoroughly. Add the puffed rice and soak.
3. Make sure to soak ingredients in 1 & 2 points separately for at least 5 hours.
4. Mix all the soaked ingredients into one bowl after draining all the water.
5. Grind into a smooth paste in batches using a wet mixer grinder or just a mixer. If you are using a mixer, make sure you use ice cold water little by little while grinding. This is to keep the mixer cool, and it helps in fermentation too.
6. Cover the container of the batter. Allow it to ferment in a warm place overnight or for at least 8 hours.
7. The batter doubles up.  Add salt as required and a pinch of soda and give a gentle mix without disturbing the air bubbles.

Making dosa:

• Heat a griddle or tawa and pour a ladle full of batter in the middle. Drizzle a few drops of oil on top.
• Cook for a few minutes and flip using a spatula. Cook for a few more seconds. Make the rest of the dosas in the same manner.
• Take a small onion and poke it with a fork. Dip it in water and rub it on the griddle each time you make the dosa. This prevents the dosas from sticking to the griddle; it also makes it golden brown and crispy and adds a nice flavor.
• Serve the Set dosas hot with vegetable sagu and chutney.