- recipe by Dahlia submitted on Aug 15th 2013
Ingredients
- Idli Batter - as required
For Orange Color
- Tomato - 1 big
- Red Chilies - 2
For Green Color
- Cilantro/Mint - 1 cup
- Green Chilly - 1
- Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp

Method
Tricolor Idli/Dosa Batter
Take the required portion of the idli batter and divide it into three equal parts. Keep one part as such for the white color of the tiranga idli/dosa.
For Orange Colour
- Chop the tomatoes into chunks.
- Saute the tomatoes and red chilies for just a couple of minutes for the raw taste to go.
- Cool it and grind it to a smooth paste.
- Mix it with one portion of the batter to make the orange color of the tiranga idli/dosa.
For Green Colour
- Chop the cilantro (or mint leaves) roughly.
- Saute it with the green chilies for just a couple of minutes to remove the raw flavor.
- Cool it and grind it to a smooth paste.
- Mix it with the third portion of the batter to make the green color of the tiranga idli/dosa.
To make the tricolour Idlis
- You can make separate idlies with the three batters and arrange it in tri color as shown in the picture below.

Alternatively, pour a tbsp of the three colored batter and make a single tri colored idli.
To make the tricolour Dosa
- Heat a dosa griddle. Add few drops of oil and wipe it with a kitchen towel or paper towel.
- Pour 1/4 of a ladle of the orange batter and spread it into a semi circle.
- Next add 1/4 of a ladle of the white batter and spread it to make the middle portion of the dosa.
- Finally pour the green batter and make the lower semi circle.
- Drizzle few drops of oil over the dosa.
- After few minutes when one side of the dosa is cooked, flip the dosa.
- Cook the other side too.
Make your yummy tricolor dosas.

To make it more interesting serve it with tricolor chutney - kaara chutney, coconut chutney and ridgegourd chutney.
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