Set Dosa is a very popular breakfast of Karnataka. It is called set dosa as it is served in a set of 3, usually with coconut chutney and vegetable sagu. These dosas are small in size, thick, soft and spongy. Today let us learn how to make Karnataka style Set dosa following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.
Set Dosa
Prep Time : 30 mins (excluding soaking time)
Cook Time : 2-3 mins per dosa
Serves: 4-5
Recipe Category: Breakfast-Dosa
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Serves: 4-5
Recipe Category: Breakfast-Dosa
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
Idli Rice/Idli Pulungal arisi – 2 cups
Urad dal (whole without skin)/ulundu – 1/2 cup
Fenugreek seeds/vendhayam – 1 tsp
Beaten rice/poha/aval -1 cup
Salt – as needed
Oil for making dosas
Preparations
Wash and soak urad dal and fenugreek seeds for 5-6 hours.
Wash and soak rice for 5-6 hours. Soak poha separately for 30 minutes before grinding.
After 5 hours –
Grind rice and poha together to a smooth paste adding little water from time to time.
Grind urad dal along with fenugreek seeds to a fluffy batter. If grinding in mixie, use ice water for grinding urad dal and use the whipper button in the end for few minutes to get fluffy batter.
Now mix the rice + poha batter and the urad dal + fenugreek batter together. The consistency of the batter should neither be thick nor thin. Add salt (I added 2 1/4 tsp sea salt) and mix well. (Tips – when a ladle of batter is lifted and poured back into the container, it should flow in ribbons, that is called ribbon consistency batter. The batter should be of that consistency),
Leave it to ferment overnight or for 6-7 hours. Fermentation time differs according to the weather conditions.
I kept it overnight and my batter has fermented well as you can see in the picture.
Method
Mix the batter well. Take a ladle of batter and spread it to a medium sized circle. This dosa will be a little thick but soft and spongy like uthappam. (if the batter is too thick, add a little water and mix it well before making dosas)
Drizzle a tsp of oil around the dosa. Cover it with a lid.
Once you find the corners lifting up, flip the dosa to the other side and cook for few minutes.
Remove from the tawa and enjoy super soft and delicious set dosa with any chutney or sambar or vada curry or vegetable sagu. Repeat the same for the rest of the batter. (In Tamil Nadu hotels, set dosa is usually served with vada curry).
Note – You can grind rice and poha for some time and then add the urad dal + fenugreek seeds and grind everything together, if you are using wet grinder.
If you are a dosa lover like my, check my list of Dosa Varieties.
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i made this yesterday for dinner and it was delicious with tomato chutney. could you please share recipe for making veg biriyani in an easy way?
So happy to know. Check this Easy Veg Biryani in Pressure cooker
thank you so much maam i have done this today for lunch. came out nice. i added meal maker instead of peas. please tell me the ratio of rice and water for jeeragasamba rice
Thank you for sharing, from long time i'm planning to cook this but I have no idea how to do and I finally managed to make good set dosa.
Can we make idli with this batter.
No.You cannot make idlis.