South Indian
Rava Dosa (Karnataka Instant Semolina Crepe)
Rava Dosa (Karnataka Instant Semolina Crepe) is South Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1 cup fine semolina (rava)
- 1/2 cup rice flour
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 cups water
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 green chilies, finely chopped
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 10 curry leaves, chopped
- 4 tbsp neutral oil
- 1 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Whisk the semolina, rice flour, all-purpose flour, buttermilk, and salt together into a thin, watery batter and rest it for 20 minutes so the semolina softens.
- Stir in the cumin, green chilies, ginger, onion, curry leaves, and enough water to bring the batter to a pourable, almost runny consistency.
- Heat a flat griddle over medium-high and, working from the outside in, drizzle the batter through your fingers or a small ladle to form a lacy, web-like circle; do not spread it like a regular dosa.
- Drizzle oil around the edges and over any holes and cook until golden and crisp throughout, about 3 minutes.
- Carefully flip for a few seconds if you like extra crispness, then fold and serve hot.
Serve it with
A South Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Rava Dosa (Karnataka Instant Semolina Crepe), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Rava Dosa (Karnataka Instant Semolina Crepe) carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Adai (Tamil Nadu Multi-Lentil Dosa) |
| Gluten | Yes | Adai (Tamil Nadu Multi-Lentil Dosa) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Dairy, and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Rava Dosa (Karnataka Instant Semolina Crepe) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at breakfast and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
Watch someone make it
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on semolina, rice flour, and buttermilk.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from South India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
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