Vende Dosa, or fenugreek dosa, is a Sunday morning favorite in our home. Its beautiful brown hue and distinctive fenugreek aroma always bring back memories of my mom making it every Sunday, while my dad would spread garlic chutney, roll it up, and hand me my special dosa roll. Today, it remains a big hit with my husband and kids too—a simple dosa filled with so many delicious family memories.
Vendhaya (Fenugreek) Dosai
Ingredients
- 2 cups Ponni Boiled Rice
- ⅓ cup Urad (whole or split) Dhal
- 5 tsp Vendhayam (Methi/Fenugreek) Seeds
- 1 1/2 tsp Salt
- Water as needed
- Oil (or) ghee for making dosas
Instructions
Let's grind!
- In a bowl, soak rice, fenugreek seeds and Urad dal and wash thoroughly for 3 times at least. Soak it for 4 hours.
- Grind all the ingredients together by adding little water, until the batter becomes smooth. I grind in my Vitamix and it takes literally a minute to grind and it’s easy to clean too.
- Mix them together with salt, using hands (washed & dried) because the good bacteria from our hands mixes with the batter and helps to ferment it.
- It should be thinner (pouring) than idli batter consistency.
- Leave it out overnight (or 8 hours) and let it ferment.
- Next morning mix the batter gently with a ladle and add water if needed.
Let's make dosas!
- Pour a ladleful of batter on the hot dosai kallu (dosai pan or cast iron pizza pan is perfect), drizzle a tsp of gingely (sesame) oil around it. The dosai will turn brown quicker because of the vendhayam seeds.
- Flip it over and let it cook. Once done, have it with poondu milagai podi, or any podi of your choice but ghee or butter is mandatory :))
💛 Lakshmi's Tips
- Dosas should always be accompanied by a cup of hot filter kaapi (coffee). Divine…
- After fermentation, I transfer only the amount of batter needed, into a separate bowl and add a little water to achieve the perfect pouring consistency. I avoid stirring the main batter and gently scoop it from the sides to preserve it's airy texture for future dosas.
- You can skip rice completely and add just 2 cups of millets for a much healthier option.