South Indian
Set Dosa (Karnataka Soft Spongy Dosas)
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Set Dosa (Karnataka Soft Spongy Dosas) is South Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Set dosa batter is thicker and slightly sweeter-fermented than regular dosa batter, thanks to a bit of poha ground in; use store-bought if you can find it, or thin home-fermented dosa batter only slightly.
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Heat a flat griddle over medium and pour a small ladle of batter, spreading it gently into a thick, small circle about the size of your palm, smaller than a regular dosa.
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Drizzle a little oil around the edges and cook covered until the surface is dotted with small holes and the base turns light golden, about 3 minutes.
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Do not flip; the soft, spongy top is the point of a set dosa.
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Stack three dosas per plate, the traditional serving size, and serve warm.
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Serve it with
A South Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Set Dosa (Karnataka Soft Spongy Dosas), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Set Dosa (Karnataka Soft Spongy Dosas) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 300 kcal
- Protein
- 6 g
- Carbs
- 40 g
- Fat
- 13 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 320 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Set Dosa (Karnataka Soft Spongy Dosas) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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