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Rava Dosai

March 19, 2010 by PadhuSankar 96 Comments

Rava Dosai

rava dosaRava dosa is quick and easy to prepare and also tastes great. It needs no grinding or fermenting. Whenever I run out of batter, my choice is rava dosa. This dosa should be taken hot. Now to this quick, simple and tasty dosa recipe.

Ingredients needed

Ravai /semolina – 1/2 cup
Rice flour – 1/2 cup
All purpose flour/maida –1/4 cup
Water – 3 – 3 1/2 cups
Green Chillies – 1 finely chopped
Ginger – 1 inch piece
Whole black pepper – 1 tsp
Cumin seeds –1 tsp
Salt as required

For the seasoning

Mustard – 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida – a generous pinch
Curry leaves- a little

Method

Soak semolina in a little buttermilk for 1 hour.

Then mix rice flour, maida and water with it. The batter should be thin and watery.

Add finely chopped ginger, finely chopped chillies, cumin seeds, whole black pepper and salt.

Heat a tsp of oil, add the ingredients for seasoning and pour it over the batter.

Heat a non stick tawa/iron griddle, take a little batter in a ladle and start filling it from the outer corners of the tawa to the inside in a net like pattern.

Drizzle a tsp of oil around the dosa.

Cover it with a lid, when it becomes golden brown, flip it over to the other side and let it get cooked.

Serve hot with any chutney or sambar of your choice.

Meet you all again with an interesting post. Till then it is bye from Padhu.

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Filed Under: Breakfast Varieties, Uncategorized Tagged With: Dosa Varieties, Rava Recipes, Semolina/Rava recipes, Uncategorized




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Comments

  1. Deepa G Joshi

    March 19, 2010 at 9:31 am

    rava dosai looks beautiful and crispy

    http://www.foodlyrics.com

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  2. 3 hungry tummies

    March 19, 2010 at 9:43 am

    how cute!!!

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  3. Sushma Mallya

    March 19, 2010 at 9:49 am

    cute butterfly..One of my most fav as it becomes very crispy and is very delicious..

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  4. Gayathri Anand

    March 19, 2010 at 10:13 am

    Excelletn presentation .. when ever u post a recipe …. will be intrested first to see how is ur presentation today …. love all ur photos and ofcourse ur recipes …..

    Reply
  5. jeyashrisuresh

    March 19, 2010 at 10:30 am

    wow cute butterfly dosa.. i was breaking my head what to make for breafast tom.Got an idea nowthanks for sharing the recipe

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  6. Hari Chandana

    March 19, 2010 at 10:43 am

    Looks cute n delicious.. nice job!!

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  7. AMA's AnythingVegetarian

    March 19, 2010 at 10:51 am

    Hey Padhu.Very nice idea and perfect texture for rava dosai.I am going to take your idea of making a butterfly out of dosa to make my daughter eat.

    Reply
  8. Suhaina

    March 19, 2010 at 11:15 am

    Hello Padhu. Thank you for visiting my blog. Hey ur blog is super too. Very appealing and attactive. Rava dosa looks yummy and delecious.
    I will try and let u know the result.
    Following you……..

    Reply
  9. Daisy Blue

    March 19, 2010 at 11:33 am

    I also make it this way.. and lovely butterfly 🙂

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  10. Suparna

    March 19, 2010 at 11:53 am

    hey padhu,
    thing and soft looking dosas there 🙂 lovely presentation ideas u have ..it's a pleasure to see these arrangements 🙂
    Enjoy
    TC

    Reply
  11. sarusriraj

    March 19, 2010 at 11:56 am

    very nice rava dosai with excellent presentation.

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  12. Aruna Manikandan

    March 19, 2010 at 12:56 pm

    Rava dosai looks very cute dear 🙂

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  13. sneh

    March 19, 2010 at 12:58 pm

    oh wow…this is easy! will try it soon.

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  14. Nostalgia

    March 19, 2010 at 1:02 pm

    Wonderful! Your kids are lucky that you take so much time to amuse them together with feeding them wonderful food

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  15. Lyndsey

    March 19, 2010 at 1:03 pm

    I love all your cute food! This dosa sounds delicious, nice flavors!

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  16. FoodLovers

    March 19, 2010 at 1:11 pm

    Rava dosa looks gr8 Padhu

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  17. Vrinda

    March 19, 2010 at 1:24 pm

    U made it so cute n attractive…my fav tooo

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  18. vineetha

    March 19, 2010 at 1:25 pm

    Never tried rava dosha..must give it a go now.

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  19. Sonia (Nasi Lemak Lover)

    March 19, 2010 at 1:27 pm

    You always make your meal look so beautiful!

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  20. Balakrishna Saraswathy

    March 19, 2010 at 1:37 pm

    I just love the way u present ur food to the table..looks gorgeous and delicious too..love tis butterfly with rava dosai as it's wings..very creative..

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  21. Latha

    March 19, 2010 at 1:41 pm

    Very cute and yummy rava dosa. My 5 year old son loves all your cool food art.

    Reply
  22. Hamaree Rasoi

    March 19, 2010 at 1:41 pm

    Oh Padhu your are so good at this!!!! Beautiful presentation dear! Cute Rava dosa looks very crispy.
    Deepa

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  23. Madhuri

    March 19, 2010 at 1:50 pm

    Creative dosai. awesome!

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  24. Happy Cook

    March 19, 2010 at 2:24 pm

    Well i am again charmed by you decoration, beautiful.

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  25. Tina

    March 19, 2010 at 2:35 pm

    Nice presentation dear..Rava dosa looks soft and delicious…

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  26. Pavithra

    March 19, 2010 at 2:38 pm

    Cute decor and nice dosa.. I love it.

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  27. Priya

    March 19, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    Cute and beautiful dosais, lovely presentation..

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  28. Gulmohar

    March 19, 2010 at 3:25 pm

    Perfect dosas and nice presentation 🙂

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  29. Swapna Sree

    March 19, 2010 at 3:28 pm

    cute dosa butterfly…one of my fav dosa..looks yummy..

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  30. PJ

    March 19, 2010 at 3:28 pm

    love this rava dosa and your presentation is so beautiful!

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  31. Sarah Naveen

    March 19, 2010 at 3:32 pm

    wow!! that looks so cute and yummy!! loved it..

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  32. Yummy Team

    March 19, 2010 at 4:15 pm

    Cute presentation..I love rava dosa…

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  33. Yummy Team

    March 19, 2010 at 4:15 pm

    Cute presentation..i love rava sosa..

    Reply
  34. Kalai

    March 19, 2010 at 4:57 pm

    Butterfly dosa..love it!

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  35. Jaya

    March 19, 2010 at 5:21 pm

    now that's what I call creativity and that pic is so cute even my 5 year old daughter liked it a lot :)..
    hugs and smiles

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  36. Ruchikacooks

    March 19, 2010 at 5:33 pm

    Cute Butterfly. Rava dosa looks so crispy. I try it once in a while coz sometimes it gets lumpy..rava masala dosa is yum.

    http://ruchikacooks.com

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  37. ♥LOVE2COOK♥

    March 19, 2010 at 5:55 pm

    Rava thosai is my Hubby's fav! Loved ur butterfly up there! 😉

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  38. Latha

    March 19, 2010 at 6:20 pm

    Lovely presentation…adding rice flour is new to me…will try ur version next time.

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  39. shahana

    March 19, 2010 at 7:02 pm

    So Cute presentation for rava dosa!!!

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  40. R

    March 19, 2010 at 8:54 pm

    rava dosa is my favorite! what a cute butterfly presentation :)) luv it! http://recipegrabbag.blogspot.com/

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  41. Swathi

    March 19, 2010 at 11:20 pm

    Padhu,

    Butterfly dosai looks yummy cute

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  42. Preety

    March 20, 2010 at 1:22 am

    great and simple ones..you shaped it beautifully into butterfly

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  43. Cham

    March 20, 2010 at 3:15 am

    Such a lacy dosa and beautiful butterfly!

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  44. ganga

    March 20, 2010 at 9:27 am

    cute presentation dear……yummy dosa

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  45. Babli

    March 20, 2010 at 11:31 am

    Instead of rawa dosa it should have been named as butterfly rawa dosa. Looks crispy and yummy. Wonderful presentation.

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  46. Gita

    March 20, 2010 at 3:23 pm

    Dosa looks so crispy…love the butterfly 🙂

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  47. meeso

    March 20, 2010 at 6:45 pm

    Cute and yummy, as always!

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  48. Jagruti

    March 21, 2010 at 10:16 am

    Cute rava dosa!!

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  49. Siddhi S

    March 21, 2010 at 3:50 pm

    wow nice n quick rava dosa padhu…lovely recipe…looks cripsy n as alays very nice presentn

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  50. Rachana Kothari

    March 21, 2010 at 10:09 pm

    I love dosa's and this butterfly rava dosa looks so yummm:) As usual a very lovely presentation!

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  51. FoodLovers

    March 22, 2010 at 6:25 am

    already left my comment but the way u have presented it is awesome dear

    Reply
  52. Akal's Saappadu

    March 22, 2010 at 10:33 am

    hehehe, that's a nice eatable insect 🙂
    rava dosai looks lovely Padhu !!!

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  53. ganga

    March 22, 2010 at 12:31 pm

    pls collecr ur award from my blog dear

    Reply
  54. Hari Chandana

    March 22, 2010 at 2:04 pm

    Hi Padhu, Please collect your award from my blog.. thank you.. 🙂

    Cheers,
    Hari Chandana

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  55. Valarmathi

    March 22, 2010 at 2:58 pm

    Rava dosa looks lovely Padhu, delicious one.

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  56. alwayswinner786

    March 22, 2010 at 5:04 pm

    Hi Padhu,
    Rava dosa looks delicious and crispy!
    Great presentation.

    Reply
  57. SpicyTasty

    March 22, 2010 at 11:17 pm

    Beautiful decoration. Very creative. And the recipe is very nice too.

    Reply
  58. Aparna

    March 23, 2010 at 1:52 am

    i made this few weeks back, but didnt cme gud..let me try ur recipe next time 🙂

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  59. Oraphan

    March 23, 2010 at 6:09 am

    That looks absolutely beautiful! I love this short and simple recipe and great presentation!

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  60. M D

    March 23, 2010 at 7:23 am

    That looks so cute!!!

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  61. Katy ~

    March 23, 2010 at 9:13 am

    This is adorable! Hugs.

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  62. Gouri Guha

    March 23, 2010 at 9:17 am

    Reading your recipe I've made up my mind to make these crispy dosas. Thanks for sharing.

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  63. An Open Book

    March 23, 2010 at 11:53 am

    awwww….that is so darn cute 🙂

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  64. Astha

    March 23, 2010 at 12:54 pm

    My favorite dosa!!

    Astha
    http://www.afterworkcooking.blogspot.com

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  65. San!!!

    March 23, 2010 at 7:07 pm

    Could you pass me the platter? Rava dosai n ghee roast are favs of many,cute presentation n tempting dosas.

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  66. Kiran

    March 23, 2010 at 10:16 pm

    Dear Padhu ,
    I really love the way you present your recipeLovely ravaa dosa.I would like to share an award with you.Please come and collect it from my blog.
    Thank you.

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  67. Mriganayani

    March 26, 2010 at 12:37 am

    My favorite -I make a small quantity of batter for myself every now and then adn have it for lunch – love the presentation!

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  68. my kitchen

    April 2, 2010 at 5:30 am

    Crispy & tasty dosa,I want to try ur version

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  69. Satya

    June 17, 2010 at 5:10 pm

    u r having a nice collection of recipes n awesome presentation ….very creative padhu…

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  70. chitra

    September 13, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    My favourite. Well garnished.

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  71. All Good Things Organic

    November 28, 2010 at 4:10 pm

    This is so adorable!!! Thank you for sharing — I will most certainly have to try making this! I love that you use a little rice flour.

    Have a lovely day,
    All Good Things Organic

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  72. Archana

    January 24, 2011 at 3:55 pm

    Nice Butterfly. I would like some please. Great collection you have here. i will enjoy following you.
    Thanks for visiting me.

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  73. AllyGeorge

    August 2, 2012 at 11:53 pm

    Hello Padhu… Great job! Can we substitute buttermilk with anything else?

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  74. Shail

    September 13, 2012 at 5:46 am

    Recipe won't work. Mixing other flours with (rawa+buttermilk) mixture after 1 hr.!!!The dosa will stick to the pan.

    You need to mix all the flours together with buttermilk and keep it for 1 hr.

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  75. PadhuSankar

    September 13, 2012 at 7:34 am

    Dear Shail

    This recipe has be used for generations in our house.It has been handed over to my mother from my grandmother and I learnt it from my mother.It need a bit of practice to make rava dosa

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  76. Rajeshwari Shanmugham

    December 27, 2012 at 10:16 pm

    For rava dosa also did u use roasted rava or fine rava

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  77. PadhuSankar

    December 29, 2012 at 5:37 am

    Dear Rajeshwari

    You can use any rava

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  78. Viji

    June 18, 2013 at 4:55 am

    Thanks for the Receipe.. Dosai turned to be so crispy and delicious. I was wondering if the watery batter can make a good dosa form.. It was superb..!

    Reply
  79. Archana

    July 26, 2013 at 5:38 am

    Thanks a lot. I love ur website. I made this today and it turned out great

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  80. Supriya Nair

    July 28, 2013 at 10:48 am

    The rava dosai looks so tempting…I love the way you have arranged the dosa….

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  81. Shenba vv

    October 7, 2013 at 8:05 am

    My favourite dosai….Thanks Sis

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  82. Shameena Usman

    March 31, 2014 at 11:23 am

    butter milk is not here .. so how can make rava dosa

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      April 1, 2014 at 3:42 am

      Do it without buttermilk. It is added to give a slight sour taste to the dosa. Also check out my Onion Rava dosa

      Reply
  83. Shameena Usman

    April 1, 2014 at 9:51 am

    K thanx

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  84. Vijaya D

    May 7, 2014 at 11:56 am

    padhu how can u get these ideas for cute presentation its very very nice and cute tooooo , thanks for ur ideas for moms to make kids eat food .
    vijaya

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  85. Vijaya D

    May 7, 2014 at 11:59 am

    padhu how can u get these ideas for cute presentations its very cute and thanks for making moms to gv their kids to eat food with enjoy

    Reply
  86. Deepa Bhat

    March 31, 2015 at 4:04 am

    I've been following your blog for quite sometime and love the way you present each recipe. Simple steps makes it easy for us to follow. I tried Rava dosa this morning and turned out really good. Thank you 🙂

    Reply
  87. Priya Ramkumar

    March 27, 2016 at 2:52 am

    wonderful presentation padhu .. I have been following your blog for traditional recipes and many others. Ravadosa turned out crispy in the corners but it was soggy and soft in the middle .. it has happened 2 or 3 times before also. Pls advice where I am going wrong ..

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    • Padhu Sankar

      March 27, 2016 at 8:24 am

      Thank you so much Priya for liking my blog and recipes. Regarding your doubt- If the rava dosa is soggy in the middle, I think there is too much batter in the center. So the sides gets cooked faster and the center is soggy and uncooked. Check out my Onion Rava Dosa for step wise pictures.

      Reply
  88. Eliteguy

    August 8, 2016 at 9:25 am

    Hi padhu
    Thanks for the recipe…
    Is it mandatory to use maida? Any other options to substitute it? Especially corn flour will be ok..? Coz I'm a sincere enemy of maida..
    Also please explain about the difference between maida and the 'all purpose flour'..
    Regards

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      August 10, 2016 at 6:57 am

      Cornflour or cornstarch in not any better than maida. Maida and all purpose flour are the same. You can check out my onion rava dosa recipe with had very less all purpose flour. Check Onion Rava Dosa.

      Reply
  89. Ram Kumar

    August 11, 2016 at 4:25 pm

    As my non stick dosa tawa is curved in the centre the batter settles in the middle of the pan even if i cover the edges of the pan 1st.. so that the centre part of the dosa is not cooked.. what can i do to avoid this?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      August 12, 2016 at 10:28 am

      I assume that you are pouring too much batter. I use an iron tawa which is also slightly curved in the center but still dosa comes out well. Moreover, you have to practice to make perfect rava dosa.

      Reply
  90. Aravinth Vidyasagar

    January 10, 2017 at 8:35 am

    Hi your receipes are good

    Reply
  91. Lakshmi TK Balakrishnan

    February 18, 2017 at 1:43 pm

    Great Reciper. Thanks for sharing. It came out very well.

    Reply
  92. Shri Kavi

    February 1, 2019 at 4:59 am

    Turned out crispy and tasty.. Awesome 🙂 Thank you Padhu…

    Reply

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