Methi Dosa Recipe | Vedhaya Dosa | Fenugreek Dosa | Menthya Dosa
Methi Dosa, a super soft & spongy healthy breakfast recipe with fenugreek seeds as the key ingredient gives the unique flavour to Methi Dosa or vendhaya dosa.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Cup Parboiled Rice
- 1/2 Cup Raw Rice
- 1/4 Cup Fenugreek Seeds
- 2 tbsp Urad Dal
- 1/4 Cup Poha
- Salt to taste
- Oil for making dosas
Instructions
Prepare the batter
- Rinse all the ingredients well (except poha). Then soak rice for 6 hours. Soak methi seeds & Urad dal separately for 6 hours. Soak poha half an hour before grinding. Once it's soaked well, drain the water. Use a high-power blender or stone grinder to grind.
- First grind methi & urad dal mixture to a smooth batter & then to this add poha & rice. Blend to a smooth batter in batches. Include water as required for grinding. Ensure the batter is not very thin.
- Transfer batter to a large container. Add required salt & mix well until combined. If you live in a warm place, add salt after fermentation.
- Keep the batter overnight for fermentation (preferably in a warm place).
How to make dosa
- Heat the dosa griddle with a little oil, pour a ladleful of batter on hot tawa, and spread gently. Make it thick or thin dosa as you wish. Drizzle few drops of oil or ghee around it. Cover and cook on medium heat for about 1-2 mins. You can flip over or just cook on one side.
- Super soft and healthy methi dosa/fenugreek dosa is ready. Enjoy methi dosa with your favourite chutney.
Recipe Video
Notes
- Fenugreek seeds must be soaked well for at least 5 hours (longer the better). It should have turned little soft. You can also soak them in buttermilk for best fermentation.
- This dosa batter takes little more time to ferment than the normal batters.The batter must have well fermented. Else they will have tinge of bitterness.
- Adjust the consistency of batter as the batter thickens due to methi.
- This dosa is good when it’s made thick as we do not want crisp but the spongy like texture.
- Tip for beginners - To check doneness, touch the dosa with wet fingers and check, if the batter sticks to your finger, cook for a few more minutes.
- This dosa will be super soft & spongy because of extra quantity fenugreek seeds & poha. In case your dosas are sticky or having problem from taking off from the griddle, add some rice flour to the batter and mix well.
- You can also make idli with the same batter.
- To the fermented batter you an add chopped onions or veggies and make dosa.
- To the fermented batter, you can add jaggery and make sweet fenugreek dosa.
- Keep the batter container closed inside an oven with lights on. Or preheat the oven, and keep the batter container inside it with lights on.