This Instant Wheat Dosa recipe, among many others, reminds me of my late Grandmom, Aatha to me. She was an expert at making these crispy, lacy, tempered, instant wheat dosa (or Godhuma Dosa as we call it) mainly because although it’s an instant dosa recipe, it requires more time to cook than regular dosas due to the wheat flour or atta used to make the dosa batter.
Her wheat dosa recipe only contains wheat flour that’s diluted in water and then tempered with some spices and curry leaves. The spices add a great bite and flavour to the wheat dosa which already has a lovely aroma due to the wheat flour used. So, let’s check out how to make easy and instant wheat dosa, shall we?
Here are some side dish recipe ideas for Wheat Dosa:
Chuttaracha Chammanthi (Kerala-style red coconut chutney)
Tomato-Onion Chutney
Chow Chow Thogayal
Tiffin Sambar
Raw Mango Chutney
Instant wheat dosa recipe
Ingredients
- <span class="mceItemHidden" data-mce-bogus="1"><span></span>2 cups of wheat flour atta or chapati flour</span>
- 4-5 cups of water
- 1 tsp of salt or to taste
- 2 tsp of oil
- 1/4 tsp of black mustard seeds
- <span></span>1/2 tsp of split urad dal ulutham paruppu or uzhunnu parippu
- 2-3 dry red chillies cut into pieces
- A few curry leaves torn into pieces
- <span></span>3-4 shallots chinna vengayam or ulli, minced
Instructions
- Mix the salt and the wheat flour throughly.
- Add water a little at a time and gently mix the batter until the consistency is thin and of pouring consistency.
- Heat the oil and add mustard seeds.
- When they pop, add the urad dal and fry until it turns golden brown.
- Then add the red chillies and curry leaves and remove from fire.
- Add this to the wheat dosa batter and then add the minced shallots. Mix well.
- Heat your dosa tawa and using a large rounded ladle, start pouring the batter from the outside and keep pouring batter into a circle until it's filled.
- Keeping flame on medium-low, cook the dosa until the edges start to rise a bit.
- Pour a few drops of sesame oil (nallennai) over the dosa and gently flip it over. The first side should be golden brown at this stage.
- Continue to cook the rest of the wheat dosas.
- Serve hot.
Step by Step Instructions to Make Instant Wheat Dosa
1. Mix the salt and the flour. Add water a little at a time and gently mix the batter until the consistency is thin and pourable. The consistency of wheat dosa batter should be much thinner than regular dosa batter. The wheat flour will tend to form lumps so be patient and keep mixing until you get a smooth batter.
2. Heat the oil and add the mustard seeds. When they pop, add the urad dal and fry until it turns golden brown. Then add the red chillies and curry leaves and remove from fire. Dunk this into the wheat dosa batter and then add the minced shallots. Mix well.
3. Heat your dosa tawa and using a large rounded ladle, start pouring the batter from the outside and keep pouring batter into a circle until it’s filled. Don’t worry if there are some holes in the dosa, that will crisp up nicely and add to the taste.
4. Keeping flame on medium-low, cook the dosa until the edges start to rise a bit. Pour a few drops of gingelly oil (nallennai) over the dosa and gently flip it over. The other side should be golden brown. Like I mentioned, Instant wheat dosa takes longer to cook than regular dosa so be patient during this stage
Continue to cook the rest of the wheat dosa. Amma serves this with a spicy red chilli chutney recipe that goes well with wheat dosa so do try it!
Notes:
– You can use regular chapati flour or atta to make wheat dosa. I have even used the 7-grain or multi grain atta for wheat dosa and they work just fine.
– The amount of water mentioned is just approximate. Add enough to make a loose batter. The looser the batter, the crisper your dosa and the longer it takes to cook.
– Wheat dosa keeps really well and turns soft and spongy on cooling so it’s a great instant dosa idea for your tiffin and lunch boxes.
– You can use minced onions if you don’t have shallots in hand or if they are unavailable
For instant wheat dosa recipe in Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, etc please use the Google translate button in the sidebar.
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Priya
Love to make this dosas quite often.
prathibha Garre
luv this dosa 4 instant brkfast.yum.yes i bought those sticks in sg
aromaticencounters
Nags, very tempting pics…
I prepare the batter in buttermilk rather than water, to increase the nutrition.
Jeyashrisuresh
My fav dosa and quite a healthy one too, which i make when i am lazy to roll chapathis
Scarlett O'Hara
Ah, I totally forgot that I could make a dosa like this… 🙂
We add sour buttermilk instead of water for this dosa… it acts like an instant fermenting agent, and the dosas are softer.
manjooo
I liked the way you added the tempering in the batter..great clicks
Just a girl from aamchi mumbai
This looks so healthy and delicious. I love Dosa's they are so easy to make. Yum 🙂
Maha Gadde
wow…yummyy dosa …cliks r mouthwatering!!
BiteSizedJessica
Love dosas,these look delicious!