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Godhuma dosa
Instant wheat dosa
Godhuma dosa: lacy instant wheat-flour dosa with cumin, onion and chilli, no fermenting
Godhuma dosa is the Tamil answer to an empty batter tub: in homes across Tamil Nadu and Andhra it is whisked together from wheat flour and water at dinner time and cooked straight away, no soaking or fermenting. The thin batter is poured onto the hot tawa so it sets into a crisp, lacy net flecked with cumin, onion and green chilli. Eat it hot with coconut or tomato chutney, or with podi and oil. The usual mistake is making the batter too thick and spreading it with a ladle like a rice dosa, which gives a gummy pancake. Chef's tip: pour the watery batter from a little height in a spiral from the edge inwards, then fill the big gaps; the small holes are what make it crisp.
- Total time
- 15 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 2
Ingredients
- 1 oz rice flour
- 1 ½ cups water
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- 1 onionsmall, very finely chopped
- 1 green chillifinely chopped
- 6 curry leaveschopped
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 tsp oil
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Whisk 4 oz wholewheat flour (atta), 1 oz rice flour, ½ tsp salt and 1 ½ cups water into a smooth, lump-free batter as thin as buttermilk. Stir in ½ tsp cumin seeds, 1 onion, 1 green chilli and 6 curry leaves.
2 minStep 3: Stir the batter, then pour a ladleful from about 10 cm above the pan in a spiral from the outside edge inwards. Fill the large gaps with a little more batter, leaving the small holes.
Step 4: Drizzle a few drops of the remaining 2 ⅜ tsp oil around the edge and cook until the underside is golden and crisp and the top looks dry, about 1½ minutes.
2 minStep 5: Flip and cook the other side for 30 seconds, then fold and serve hot. Stir the batter before each dosa, as the flour settles, and make the rest the same way (about 6 in all).
8 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 310 kcal
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbs
- 52 g
- Fat
- 8 g
- Fibre
- 6 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does godhuma dosa take?
- About 15 minutes in total: 3 minutes to prepare and 12 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 2 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegan?
- Yes. It has no meat, fish, dairy or eggs.
- What can I use instead of cumin seeds?
- Ground cumin, three quarters of the amount (add it with the other ground spices, not to hot oil first).
- What can I use instead of onion?
- 2 shallots per onion.
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