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9.11.09

Restaurant Style Rawa Dosa







Hotel Style Rawa Dosai:

Saravanaa Bhavan Hotel Style Rawa Dosai. Restaurant Style Rawa Dosa. Paper Thin Rawa Dosa. Rava Dose. Sooji Dosa. Semolina Crepes.

Though I claim here, its Restaurant style but I have to admit that mine isn't that perfect after all! But I am glad that I tried.:) I am not a big fan of Saravana Bhawan's food.:( I am sorry. One main thing is 'its totally vegetarian' and the second thing is 'I feel its kind of greasy' always! Anyway...that's my opinion. But many of my vegetarian friends consider this place, heaven. They simply rave over the number of tiffin items prepared there. Well, I ought to contradict my own statement now...I love Hotel Style Paper Roast and Onion Rawa Dosa...which is very hard to fix at home (or at least for me). Aaah can I say this after gazing at so many food blogs out there, girls are super smart competing with Restaurant secret recipes!

Between, I have been trying to perfect this recipe to win some lucky fellow's heart, here. Hmmm, indeed I did.:) Well...he liked my 'rawa dosa' better than Saravana Bhawan's, he he. I know he is lying to me...but its kind of sweet.

Ingredients:

Semolina/Sooji/Rawa 1 cup
All purpose flour 1/4 cup
Butter milk to liquid the batter
Salt
Hing/Asafoetida pinch
Green chilies finely chopped
Cilantro finely chopped
Ginger finely chopped
Peppercorns few
Cumin seeds few
Curry leaves few
Grated coconut 1 spoon
Sesame oil or ghee.

Method:

Make a thin batter using all the above said ingredients except oil. Make them too watery like buttermilk in fact.

Heat up the skillet, make them too hot...now run oil.

Sprinkle the batter unevenly and reduce the heat...now join those dots using batter. Turn over high heat. Run spoon full of oil and remove from heat.

Well...the griddle should be super hot to achieve perfection, maybe don't consider your first dosa...mostly they won't budge.

Enjoy with chutney and sambar.

53 comments:

Sailaja Damodaran said...

looks very crispy....

Sanghi said...

Mmm... delicious rava dosa..! Everytime my effort goes in vain da, will try ur version next time.. ;)

Tina said...

Wow cute and crispy dosa...

Bong Mom said...

Hee, hee, I like Sarvana Bhawan too. Last year we went there almost every weekend. Then the family got tired and this year, not even once did we go there

Your Rawa Dosa looks so perfect. Well I have miles to go before I reach that stage ;-)

A 2 Z Vegetarian Cuisine said...

Looks perfect, nice one.

chakhlere said...

OMG!! Your dosa has come out so perfect and crispy!!

priya said...

so crispy and yummy dosa...must try this!

Pam said...

It looks delicious.

Sushma Mallya said...

perfect crispy dosa..looks yum

s said...

cant take my eyes off it...too good..

s said...

cant take my eyes off it...too good..

Soma Pradhan said...

Really Restaurant style dosa..Looks perfect and crispy

Priya said...

Wowwww wat a crispy dosa!

Latha said...

Real tempting crispy dosas....

Ushnish Ghosh said...

Dear Malar
Thanks for sharing! I never knew the technique of making this thin raba dosa. I always ended up with thick soft ones, quite tasty though.
This is not restaurant style, rather restaurants make Malar style dosa
:-))

Palidor said...

That is an awesome dosa! I would love to have one.

shaz said...

That looks so good. I miss rawa dosa, never dared to try it at home before...maybe now I have a recipe I may be braver:)

Faiza Ali said...

That is so crispy and yummy.

Happy cook said...

I have been wanting to make this after seeing in asha's place, this looks yummy too. Beautifully done.

Shri said...

I love rava dosa..Perfect, golden and crispy!

Anupama said...

Truly restaurant style Malar!

Mrs.Menagasathia said...

super crispy dosa!!my favourit dish.

♥♥♥Ria♥♥♥ said...

Perfect dosa's!

Rina said...

Malar, congrats.. you got it..hotel style rava dosa is an acheivement..and yours come out to be perfect..thanx for sharing..

my kitchen said...

Crispy & perfect malar,my all time favorite

Balakrishna Saraswathy said...

Crispy looking rava doas my dear..fell in love with them at first sight :DD

Siddhi Shirsat said...

hi Malar,
u have a very nice food blog...thnx for visitng my blog...do visit again...m adding u in my frinds list
have a nice week ahead

Veggie Belly said...

yum! rava dosa is what i always order! its also my go to dosa because its easy and quick. yours is mouthwatering!

Suvaiyaana Suvai said...

its crishpy rava dosa i love!!!!!!!!

Akal's Saappadu said...

your rava dosai looks perfect and crispy; no wonder he said it's better than the Sar.bhavan's :)
I love the paper dosais too!!

Viki's Kitchen said...

Rava dosa has come out perfect for you da. cute picture too. What else can we do in saravana bhavan..except ordering for masal dosa or this yummy rawa dosa:) ....Agree with your statement on that hotel ..he he ..

Padma said...

Looks crispy and delicious... feel like having some :)

Preety said...

it does look restaurant style, i can never make dosa like this, crispy and perfect..

Home Cooked Oriya Food said...

looks wonderful... I have to try , I love it too...

Malar Gandhi said...

Thank you buddies.

5 Star Foodie said...

Perfect dosas, so crispy & delicious!

RAKS KITCHEN said...

Mouthwatering,I too love rawa dosa and yes,I too am one who love saravana bhavan :P!

Miakoda said...

wow, always wanted to know how to make this. Thank you for sharing!! :)

sneh said...

Hey,

That looks so yummy. Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!
have not been blogging for so many days but i do follow your blog. you post lovely recipes here.

Kanimozhi said...

Wow crispy dosas....

Nandini said...

I miss this classic rava dosa 'cuz I don't have time to make them. By looking at the dosa, I feel like drooling and I want to gobble them.

Malar Gandhi said...

Thank you girls...

Muraligeetham said...

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!
good recipies..I love rava dosa..looks perfect !

Muneeba said...

I order Onion Rava Dosa every single time I go to a dosa place ... that extra crispiness it has compared to other dosas is what I absolutely love! Yours looks pretty good to me .. certainly restaurant style :)

Valarmathi said...

Wow........dosa looks just perfect and crispy, looks delicious.

kothiyavunu said...

wow!! rava dosa looks perfect and very tempting..Enakku ippovey saappidanum pola irukku malar..:)

Spice said...

I don't see in my near future that I can say "Oh! I made these dosas..." I can't make these...may be next time I visit my sis I should take lessons from her....or I should move to your neighbourhood...ha.ha..

Malar Gandhi said...

Ha ha, thanks Spice, b/n keep trying my friend, its not that hard to fix at all...well its my 3rd attempt. And 'you are always welcome to the neighbourhood, knock my door'.

Jaleela said...

rompa arumai enakku rava thoosai rompa rompa pidikkum

naavil niir uuravaikkiRathu ungkal rava thoosai

Oraphan said...

Your dosa looks so perfect! I'm very impressed! Mmmmmm!!!!

Supriya said...

Dosa looks amazing..wish I could grab a bite from your blog!! I am impressed to see such delicately prepared dosa..esp. when the preparation needs so much patience.

Malar Gandhi said...

Thank you so much girls.

Kanchan said...

Perfect Rava Dosa :)
will love to try out soon !