Neer Dosa

- Submitted by Dahlia

(Varati, Coconut Dosa, Pan Polo, Soyi Polo, Rice Crepes)

Recipe For Neer Dosa

Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients

• Rice - 2 cups
• Grated Coconut - 1 cup (preferably tender coconut)
• Salt - to taste

Method

1. Wash and soak the rice for 2-3 hours.
2. Drain and grind it to a smooth paste along with grated coconut.
3. Pour water and thin out the dosa batter. The batter should be very very watery. Add required salt.
4. Heat a dosa pan on medium low heat. The tawa should not be very hot.
5. Pour a ladle full of batter in the tawa and rotate the tawa so that the batter spreads evenly into a very thin crepe.
6. Drizzle few drops of oil, cover with a lid and cook on low flame for a minute or two.
7. Gently remove the dosa and fold it into a triangle.
8. This dosa remains very soft for a long time. So you can make this well ahead of time for parties, for guests or picnics.

Detailed Steps to make Neer Dosa

Wash the raw rice and soak it for 2-3 hours.

In a mixie jar, grind the grated coconut first.

Drain the soaked rice and add it along with the ground coconut. Add required salt and grind it to a smooth paste.

The ground batter should not have any coarse bits. It should be a smooth paste.

Add additional water and thin out the batter. The batter should be very very watery.

Heat a dosa pan on medium low heat. The tawa should not be very hot. Pour a ladle full of batter in the tawa and rotate the tawa so that the batter spreads evenly into a very thin crepe.

Drizzle few drops of oil, cover with a lid and cook on low flame for a minute or two. Gently remove the dosa and fold it into a triangle.

This dosa remains very soft for a long time. So you can make this well ahead of time for parties, for guests or picnics.

Serving Suggestions

• In Karnataka, neer dosa is typically had with some chutney (coconut chutney, tomato chutney etc.) for breakfast.
• It is also commonly had with fish curry or prawns curry.
• It also goes very well with chicken curry, egg kurma or any other veg kurmas or stew.
• It is also quite common to have neer dosa with Rasayana (made with some kind of fruit like banana, mango or orange mixed in coconut milk and sweetened with jaggery or sugar).
• Some people also like to have this with some grated coconut sweetened with sugar or jaggery.

Variations

• A similar dish is made among the muslims in south tamil nadu and south kerala called Paalaada. In Paalaada, coconut milk is used instead of grated coconut.
• You can make neer dosa without coconut milk as well. Click to see a variation of Neer Dosai without coconut.

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Comment by Meera Jakatdar
    I found many easy to make tiffin recipes. I shall be trying them out. I want to know if vermicelli roasted at home tastes better than the bought out variety
 
Reply :-
    Hi Meera, Do try out the recipes. About roasted vermicelli, I feel the taste does not differ in the final product. It saves so much time though.

Comment by Samu Thangadurai
    Hi All,
    This is very simple & quick to make especially when you are back from work. You can also try Rice flour with Coconut Tin Milk , warm water and salt
Thanks
Samu Thangadurai
 
Reply :-
    Thanks for the quick tip Somu.

Comment by Geetha Kumar
Hi
What type of rice should be used Parboiled or Raw rice?
Thanks in advance.

Reply :-
           You can use any type of raw rice. I made it with long grain rice.

Comment by manonmani jayakanthan
    Hi, Thanks a lot to 'Simple indian recipe' being as a online chef
for my daily cooking reference. I have tried all most 10 recipies from indian recipe. all came out very well....
Would appreciate if could sent me much new receipes especially some healthy food for children and how to make puli satham.
Thank you so much!!!!
 
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Comment by Sini Jibu
    Hi Dahila,
I tried your recepie it was excellent.
Yummmmmyyyyyy!!
Reply :-
    Thank You Sini.

Comment by ashok jain jain
    good, easy recipies i am going to try out , cornmeal and the neer dosa ,hope comes out well.
 
Reply :-
    Thank You. Try it, I'm sure you will like it.

Comment by Lydia Rokkala
    Hey Dahlia,
Truly a very easy and tasty dosa recipe. Gave it a try and it turned out simply delicious. Never heard about it before but thanks for posting. I am gonna try your sheek kabab soon and will let you know. Thanks once again Dahls.
 
Reply :-
    Hi Lydia. Good to know that you liked the recipe. I got this recipe from one of my friend. It goes very well with any kind of gravies.
    Do try the seekh kabab and give your comments too.

Comment by cute pimku
    i am really thankful to ''simple indian recipe''. Neer dosa is really a very very easy, tasty and a quick recipe. Its quite easy to prepare and it can be served in every occasion. It can be served to guests with chatney or some other curry. Its tasty and nice to eat which will be liked by all and sundry. Keep sending me such beautiful and tasty recipes. Kindly send me recipes on mutton. Thanks.
 
Reply :-
    Thank You so much for your compliments and also your information. More recipes are on its way. Keep visiting and posting your comments regularly.