Cheese Dosa (Street Style)

Cheese dosa recipe with idli-dosa batter. Cheese dosa is an easy and tasty dosa variety made with leftover dosa batter, cheese, onions and herbs. It makes for a filling and tasty snack or breakfast when paired with coconut chutney or sambar.

Quite often when I make idli or dosa, I have surplus batter remaining with me. With the batter I make quite a number of recipes and this is one such tasty recipe.

This cheese dosa is also one of the recipes I make. This cheese dosa recipe works very well as an after-school snack for kids or as a morning breakfast. All you need is some Dosa Batter or Idli Batter and cheese. It is also a street food snack served in cities like Mumbai. If you want to try out another variation with paneer then you can check this recipe of Paneer Dosa.

Variations you can make in cheese dosa

• The toppings on the dosa like veggies, herbs can be of your choice.
• You can choose any veggie your kids or family likes and add on the dosa. This time I only had onions & tomatoes, so just added that. At times I just add some grated cheese and herbs on the dosa. Some times I add some grated carrots, capsicum, tomatoes and onions.
• The spices and herbs can also be of your choice. Even a Pizza Sauce or Schezwan Sauce can be added.
• You can even just make the dosa with cheese and no spices or herbs.
• For cheese, you can use processed cheese or mozzarella cheese. I find that cheddar cheese becomes oily and greasy, so I do not add it.

Usually I serve cheese dosa hot with Coconut Chutney or sambar. Though you can serve it with even Onion Chutney or tomato chutney.

How to make Cheese Dosa

1. Finely chop 1 large onion and 1 large tomato. Also grate the cheese and keep it aside. 
   
   Take the batter and with a spoon stir a few times. If the batter is refrigerated, then let it come to room temperature. If using idli batter and if Its thick, then add a few tablespoons of water and mix well.

2. Heat a well seasoned skillet or tawa. Grease it with oil. You can do this either with a cooking brush dipped in a bit of oil or with a small piece of kitchen napkin (paper or cotton) or a halved onion.

If you don’t use a well-seasoned tawa or skillet then the dosa might stick to the skillet.

3. Keep the heat to a low and take a spoon or ladle full of the dosa batter.

4. As soon as you pour the batter, begin to gently spread the batter.

5. Cook on a low heat.

6. When the top is getting cooked, sprinkle some finely chopped onions on top.

7. Then add some finely chopped tomatoes.

8. Now sprinkle dried or fresh herbs and freshly crushed black pepper. For the herbs, I used some chopped fresh basil and dried oregano.

9. Sprinkle grated cheese all over.

10. Continue to cook the dosa on a low heat. The cheese will also start melting.

11. At the same time, spread some butter at the sides and on the top. You can also use oil instead of butter.

12. Cook till the base becomes nicely golden and the top of the dosa is also cooked well.

13. Then lift the cheese dosa.

14. Fold a part of one side. Overlap the second part.

15. So you get a neatly folded cheese dosa.

16. Serve butter cheese dosa hot with coconut chutney or Sambar. You can also serve it with Tomato Chutney or onion chutney. If you want you can slice the cheese dosa and serve it.

For the best taste and texture have it hot.

More tasty dosa recipes for you !

• Set dosa – this is a very soft, light and spongy dosa variety.
• Rava dosa – crisp tasty dosa made with rava, rice flour and all-purpose flour.
• Ragi dosa – healthy dosa variety made with ragi flour, urad dal and idli rice.
• Wheat dosa – instant crisp dosa made with whole wheat flour, onion, spices-herbs.
• Masala dosa – this recipe will give you a restaurant-style or hotel style masala dosa.

This Cheese Dosa post from the blog archives first published in August 2016 has been updated and republished on December 2022.