21
Sep
07

Neer Dosa with Spicy Fire Roasted Tomato Chutney

Neer Dosa is a special kind of dosa from Karnataka (Dakshina Kannada) prepared from rice. Neer in Kannada means ‘Water’. Neer dosa is prepared by grinding soaked rice into a thin watery batter and then made into pancakes (thin) on hot griddle. Neer dosa is very easy to prepare as you can make it without much planning and is easy to make and tasty too. The best part is this dosa does not require any fermentation. This dosa comes out lacy thin and white.

Ingredients

2 cups Raw rice (Sona Masoori)
Salt to taste
Water (to grind)
Oil to make dosa

Procedure

To prepare Batter
Wash 2 cups of rice and soak it in water for around 3-4 hours, I usually soak it overnight.
Grind soaked rice to a fine paste with 1 cup water. Shift the batter into bowl and then add, salt, enough water to make a thin batter (a little thicker than water approx 2- 2 ½ cups). Keep aside for sometime, usually they say it should sit for couple of hours but it’s optional. I generally leave it for an hour or so in a warm place.

To prepare Dosas
Heat a dosa griddle (hot) pour 1 ladleful of mixture in centre. Spread to make a round flat pancake shape, tilt griddle in all directions to allow batter to spread thinly. Or else you can splash the batter from little above on the hot griddle (like ravva dosa), drizzle little oil around the edges. After a minute or so you will see the dosa’s edges will start to separate from the pan. When done flip over, drizzle a little oil, cook for a minute. Fold in half and then quarter like a kerchief.

Serve hot with your favorite chutney.

Notes and Tips

You can have these plain dosa’s with spicy pickles, samabar or even with gravy curries. Don’t make this into a thick mixture. If the dosa come out thick, add more water to the batter and try. Make sure the griddle is hot.

Spicy Fire Roasted Tomato Chutney

This is very easy and delicious chutney I learned from my MIL.

To grind
2 medium tomatoes
4-5 green chilles (according to taste)
1 tbsp grated coconut (fresh or frozen)
1 tbsp Dalia
Coriander leaves (fistful)
Salt to taste

For seasoning
Heat 1 tsp oil in a small frying pan, add ½ tsp mustard seeds, hing and allow mustard seeds to crackle. Add curry leaves and turn off the heat.

Procedure
Fire roast tomatoes (like brinjals). It takes 3-5 mins to cook. Let the tomatoes rest for couple of minutes. Peel the skin and grind them along with all other ingredients into a paste (slightly coarse). Adjust the taste, add fried seasoning and serve with dosa.

This goes well with all different kinds of tiffins and snacks.

This is my entry for RCI karnakata hosted by Asha.


22 Responses to “Neer Dosa with Spicy Fire Roasted Tomato Chutney”


  1. 1 Asha September 21, 2007 at 4:52 pm

    WOW!! Neer dose looks like a cloud and Tomato fire roasted sounds like a yummy recipe. Thank you ShivaPriya. I will take the photos and URL,so I can save you time! :)
    Have a great weekend, thanks again.

  2. 2 shivapriya September 21, 2007 at 4:56 pm

    You are really fast Asha, I just sent you email. Thanks alot.

  3. 3 roopa September 21, 2007 at 7:03 pm

    Hi Priya, lovely entry i too made this for RCI but a little different we add coconut too :)

  4. 4 shivapriya September 21, 2007 at 7:06 pm

    Same pinch roopa, but when coconut it added its call Paan Pole right??

  5. 5 Manjula September 22, 2007 at 8:22 pm

    Wonderful neeru dose there. Paan poLe is the name for the same in Konkani

  6. 6 shivapriya September 23, 2007 at 8:34 am

    Oh I see, Thanks for the info Manju.

  7. 7 Madhuri September 24, 2007 at 1:25 pm

    Hello Shivapriya,
    Nice Neer dosas.I remember having them in Blore.
    I never tried at home.
    Thanks for sharing a wonderful recipe.
    Madhoo

  8. 8 swapna susarla September 24, 2007 at 2:40 pm

    hi padmaja
    nice color of those dosas!!looks pretty.i never tried though…

  9. 9 shivapriya September 25, 2007 at 11:36 am

    Madhuri & Swapna,
    Neer dosa is really easy to make, give it a try.

  10. 10 jeena September 25, 2007 at 12:42 pm

    Yum yum! Lovely pictures your dosa looks so light and fluffy. Great recipes. :)

  11. 11 shivapriya September 25, 2007 at 2:26 pm

    Thanks Jeena.

  12. 12 sharmi September 25, 2007 at 5:08 pm

    you neer dosas look so soft . I would eat them right away. very beautiful. will book mark.

  13. 13 Padma September 26, 2007 at 8:23 am

    I loved your neer dosas, looks so light and fluffy..I did tasted them at my friend’s place once. Loved ur tomato chutney too..

    Hey thanks for dropping by my blog, you have such good recipes! Added to my feed

  14. 14 shivapriya September 26, 2007 at 1:47 pm

    Thanks Sharmi, its for u:).

    Its one of our fav dosa Padma, I’m glad you dropped by.

  15. 15 sandeepa September 26, 2007 at 2:36 pm

    Lovely white dosa

  16. 16 Sharmila September 29, 2007 at 4:24 am

    Hi shivapriya,
    UR dosas really looking yummy and soft, i tried bt mine never turns so soft. help me with some tips.

  17. 17 shivapriya September 29, 2007 at 11:54 am

    Hi Sharmila,
    Batter should be very soft, smooth and thin (like ravva dosa batter).
    Griddle should be hot when u pour the batter.
    I soak rice overnight.
    Hope this helps you.

  18. 18 Nicole October 1, 2007 at 4:25 pm

    Hi Padmaja,

    I think I’d be scared to try making the dosas, I’m not good at making anything that thin! They are beautiful though! I might try the tomato chutney though…sounds delicious!

  19. 19 shivapriya October 2, 2007 at 12:46 pm

    Nicole, these are really easy to make, if you how to make crepes then u can make these. Chutney can be served as a dip it goes well with pita’s n sometimes I use it as a spread on my bread :D

  20. 20 remyasash October 2, 2007 at 2:41 pm

    Nice dosa!!! i have seen this recipe in other blogs too.But havent tried it…its looks sooo thin n soft…i love tomato chutney….

  21. 21 Natasha December 20, 2007 at 3:05 am

    Thanks a lot for the lovely recipe..forwarded it to mom to make it… :)

  22. 22 Priya January 23, 2008 at 12:45 am

    Hi Shivpriya! I had heard about neer dosa but nobody could tell me how to prepare it. So searched the net and found the recipe posted by you. Looks yummy and easy to prepare too. Will certainly try today.

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