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 Instructionsย 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 wheatย 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 aย 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.
Anitha...
one small tip to make wheat dosa's more crispy is jus roast the wheat flour before mixing other ingredients to it. BTW ur blog looks amazing…
Nagalakshmi V
never tried roasting wheat flour before making the wheat dosas. interesting idea, will try it once. thanks anitha ๐
Latha
Have you ever made dosa with either puttu podi or idiyappam podi? I have too much of both and my husband is not a fan of either. Thank you in advance
Nagalakshmi V
You can actually add some rice flour or puttu podi or idiyappam podi to this instant wheat dosa recipe and make dosas. I haven't tried it myself but I am sure it will turn out fine. Keep the proportions of wheat flour : rice flour 3 : 1
Rita Bose
Healthy and delicious wheat dosas! Lovely snaps,Nags!
Enjoying a simple life
Looks delicious.
Enjoying a simple life
Looks yummy
Sangeetha Nambi
Super tempting Dosa Nags…. To get more crispy Dosa, use Indolium pan, instead of using Non-stick…
Sharmilee! :)
My fav anytime….looks very tempting, lovely pics!!
M D
Goduma dosa looks delicious!
Deepti
This ia all time fav in my house and i never get tired of making these dosas… lovely presentation..
Mallika
Great photos as always! Love the idea of an instant dosa. Can't be done with the fermenting stuff most of the time…