Set Dosa, a popular breakfast served in most fast food or tiffin centers in Southern India. A set of soft and thick spongy dosas are served together with coconut chutney and sagu. In Tamilnadu ,generally set dosas are served with vadacurry or getti chutney. This combo is so popular and an integral dish in many restaurants. set dosa is very simple to make at home. The bater needs fermentation as the dosas will be very soft and spongy.
Preparation and Yield:
| Preparation time | 2 hours |
| Fermentation Time | 12 hours |
| Cooking Time | 30 mins |
| Servings | 4 |
| Recipe Category | Main |
| Recipe Cuisine | South Indian |
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| Set Dosa Recipe |
Ingredients:
| Parboiled Rice / Idli Rice | 2 Cups* |
| Urid Dal | 1/2 Cup |
| Aval/Poha | 1 Cup |
| Fenugreek Seeds | 3/4 teaspoon |
| Salt | To taste |
| Oil | For cooking dosa |
*1 Cup = 250ml
Method:
- Take a mixing bowl, add rice, dal, aval, fenugreek seeds and wash thoroughly and then add water to soak them all together. Keep this aside for 2 hours
- After 2 hours, drain water from the dal and rice and add half of the quantity to the mixer jar and grind it to a fine and smooth paste by adding water little by little
- Grind the rest of the rice and dal til you finish to a smooth batter. Let this batter sit aside for 12 hours or overnight for the batter to get fermented
- After 12 hours, the batter would have nicely fermented and increases its quantity. Add salt and give a nice stir
- Heat a tawa and when the tawa is nicely hot, pour 1 to 2 ladles of batter and spread it to a thick and small dosa. Apply a teaspoon of oil for the dosa to cook.
- You can small pores in the dosa. Flip it to other side and cook for another 30 seconds . Apply oil in other side also. Remove the cooked dosa from the tawa and continue this process till you finish the batter
- Serve the spongy and soft Set Dosa with Vegetable Sagu or coconut chutney and enjoy this dish
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| Set Dosa Recipe |