Dosa Recipe (Traditional Dosa Batter)

Name: Dosa Recipe (Traditional Dosa Batter)
Prep time: 9 h
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 9 h 30 min
Cuisine: Asian, Indian
Ingredients: ½ cup or 100 grams idli rice (or parboiled rice or regular rice ); ½ cup or 100 grams regular rice; ¼ cup or 50 grams urad dal ((husked whole or split black gram)); ⅛ teaspoon or 2 pinches fenugreek seeds ((methi seeds or methi dana)); 2 tablespoons thick poha ((flattened rice)); 1.5 cups water (– for soaking both rice and lentils); ¾ cup water (– for grinding, do add water as required); ½ teaspoon rock salt (– edible and food grade or non-iodized salt or sea salt crystals or Himalayan pink salt); oil (as required, for cooking dosa)

Instructions

Prep:9hCook:30min

This Dosa Recipe shows how to make traditional South Indian dosa using a fermented batter made from rice and urad dal. The dosa batter is spread thin and cooked until crisp, resulting in light, golden dosas that pair well with chutney and sambar.

Updated at: Fri, 09 Jan 2026 02:56:54 GMT