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Oil Free – Healthy Dosa / Without Oil Dosa / Steam Dosa Recipe

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Dosa without OIL, extremely healthy, protein rich, fermented, South Indian breakfast recipe WITHOUT using OIL. Recipe below has Dosa batter fermentation in Instant Pot & at Room temperature, with step wise pics, tips & FULL VIDEO
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Prep Time 10 hours
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 hours 5 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dinner
Cuisine Indian, South Indian

Equipment

  • 1 Blender/Grinder/Mixie.
  • 1 Wide mixing bowl (for making batter) (for fermentation at room temperature)
  • 1 Instant Pot or Electric Pressure Cooker (for IP method) (for fermentation)
  • 1 Dosa Pan / Pan Cake griddle

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup White Rice / Chawal / Biyyam (uncooked)
  • ½ cup Idli Rice / Parboiled Rice / Uppudu Biyyam
  • 1 cup Atukulu / Pressed Rice / Poha
  • 2 tablespoons Whole Urad dal / Minapa Gundlu
  • 1 cup Murmura / Puffed Rice / Maramaraalu
  • 1 teaspoon Methi / Fenugreek Seeds / Menthulu
  • as per taste Salt
  • as required Water (for soaking, grinding)

Instructions
 

Soaking the ingredients:

  • Take the Urad Dal, White Rice and Idli Rice into a large bowl. Wash them thrice thoroughly & drain.
    Into the same bowl add all these>> Poha, Murmura, Methi Seeds.
    Add water (3 to 4 cups) until everything is well soaked. 
    Leave the vessel on kitchen platform for 6 to 8 hours.

Grinding:

  • Transfer soaked content (including soaked water) into a wet grinder / mixer.
    If needed, add little more water in between while grinding into smooth batter.

Dosa Batter Fermentation at Room Temperature:

  • Leave the bowl of batter for 8 to 10 hrs, in a warm, dry place in the kitchen, for fermentation.
    After fermentation, add enough salt and mix the batter 3-4 times thoroughly. Use it right away or else store it.

Dosa Batter Fermentation in Instant Pot:

  • Transfer whole of the smooth batter into the Instant Pot vessel.
    Close the gadget with any other suitable lid, but not the IP lid. Set the mode to YOGURT and time to 10 hrs.
    After 10 hrs, switch off the gadget, remove the lid, add salt & mix everything thoroughly. Use it right away or else store it.

Making Steamed Dosa on Stove Top Pan:

  • Put dosa pan on stove top under high flame and let it heat to max.
    Sprinkle fistful of water onto the pan, rub it off with a kitchen tissue / onion piece.
  • Using a deep round ladle, pour 2 ladles full of batter onto the pan. Do not spread. Immediately close with a lid. Reduce the flame to medium.
  • Leave it to steam cook for few mins. Removed the lid after 2-3 mins
    Open the lid and turn the dosa to the other side. Do not cover with lid.
    Let it be on the pan for 1 more min, then remove the dosa from the pan.
    Serve. Repeat the same for the rest. Done!!

Notes

Please see the MAIN POST for step wise pics, tips & FULL VIDEO!
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