Homemade Instant Dosa Mix Flour (Ready to Use)
Homemade instant dosa mix flour made with idli rava, urad dal, besan and methi seeds (fenugreek seeds).
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 200 grams urad dal or 1 cup urad dal (split and husked black gram)
- ¼ teaspoon methi seeds (fenugreek seeds)
- 500 grams rice rava or 3 cups rice rava
- 20 grams besan or ¼ cup besan (gram flour)
- 1 teaspoon salt or add as required
Instructions
making instant dosa mix flour
- Heat a pan on a low to medium flame. Then lower the flame, add the urad dal. I have used organic unpolished urad dal. If using regular urad dal from the market, then rinse it a couple of times. Then spread the lentils on a plate or tray and let them dry naturally or in the sun. If keeping in the sun for a few hours, then you don't need to roast urad dal.
- Roast urad dal on a low flame for about 2 minutes, stirring often. Urad dal is roasted just to get rid of some moisture from them.
- Switch off the flame and then add ¼ teaspoon methi seeds. Mix well.
- Keep the pan down. Also let this mixture cool completely. You can also cool this mixture on a separate plate.
- In a mixing bowl take 3 cups idli rava. Keep aside.
- In a grinder jar add the urad dal and methi seeds.
- Grind to a fine flour.
- Using a sieve, sift the flour directly in the rice rava bowl. Some urad dal grits will be there on the sieve. You can add them to your dals or discard.
- Add ¼ cup besan.
- Next add 1 teaspoon salt. You can add more salt if required. I have added less salt.
- Mix very well with a spoon or a wired whisk.
- Then spoon the dosa mix flour in a jar. Seal tightly with its lid. Keep in a dry and cool place.
- Use the dosa mix flour to make crisp dosas when required.
to make instant dosa from 1 cup of dosa mix flour
- Take 1 cup of dosa mix flour in a mixing bowl.
- Add 1 tablespoon lemon juice or ¼ cup sour curd. Then add 1.25 to 1.3 cups water or add as required. Mix very well.
- Then add ½ teaspoon fruit salt or eno evenly all over the batter. Again mix very well.
- Then make dosas on a tawa. Keep the flame to a low, so that you can easily spread the dosa batter. On a medium to high flame, it become difficult to spread the dosa batter. Batter consistency is medium thick and flowing like dosa batter consistency.
- Cover with a lid and let the dosa cook.
- Spread some oil or ghee or butter as required while cooking dosas. When the base becomes golden and crisp, remove and serve the dosa.