Ghee Roast Dosa / Ney Roast Dosa

Ghee roast dosa also known as ney roast dosa in south India is a very tasty and crispy dosa. Ghee roast dosa recipe is given below with step by step photos. Crispy ghee roast dosa is a breakfast dish and can be served with coconut chutney or sambar.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Crispy Ghee Roast Dosa / Crispy Ney Roast Dosa.

Ingredients:-

Idli rice.      - 2 & 1/2 cup
Urad dal.     - 3/4 cup
Methi seeds.-1tsp.
Salt.             - to taste
Ghee.- as needed to roast dosa.

Instructions:-

Wash and soak whole white urad dal and methi seeds together in water for 6 hours. Wash and soak idli rice in water for 6 hours.
Drain and grind soaked urad dal and methi seeds together in a mixer grinder to a smooth and thick paste adding little cool water.Transfer the ground urad methi batter to a large vessel.Drain and grind the soaked idli rice in mixer grinder to a little coarse like rava consistency batter adding little cool water.Transfer the ground idli rice batter to the same large vessel. Add required salt into the vessel and mix the batter mixture using your hand.Keep aside the vessel to ferment the dosa batter for 8 hours. Mix the fermented dosa batter with a ladle. Add 1tsp sugar into the fermented dosa batter and mix well.

Method:-

1). Heat an iron dosa tawa on high flame. Sprinkle little water on hot tawa and wipe it with a clean cloth.

2). Lower the flame to medium heat and pour a ladle of batter on hot tawa and spread it on tawa with the back of the ladle and make a thin round dosa.

3). After a minute dosa starts to roast.

4). Apply 1tsp ghee over the dosa and spread it all over the dosa and all the sides of dosa using an oil brush. Roast dosa on medium flame.

 

5). Once the dosa is roasted well and becomes crisp on all sides, then slowly roll the well roasted ghee dosa into cylindrical shape using a flat spatula and remove it from tawa to a plate.

6). Repeat the same process. Wipe the iron tawa with a cloth and sprinkle little water on hot tawa.Wipe the tawa again with a cloth.

7). Pour a ladle of dosa batter on hot tawa. Spread the dosa better on tawa and make round thin dosa.

8). Apply 1tsp ghee on dosa and spread it all over the dosa and all sides of dosa using an oil brush. Roast dosa on medium flame till crisp.

9). Lower the flame and slowly roll the ghee roasted dosa into cylindrical shape using the flat spatula.

10). Remove the ghee roasted crispy dosa from tawa and transfer to a serving plate.Repeat the process and make crispy ghee roasted dosa and serve with coconut chutney.

Left over dosa batter can be kept in the refrigerator and last for 2 -3 days.Crispy Ghee Roast Dosa / Crispy Ney Roast Dosa can be served with coconut chutney or sambar.