Jini Dosa is popular street food from Mumbai made with regular dosa batter, topped with veggies, and a mix of sauces, finally topped with cheese.
This is supposed to be one of the most popular dishes to try from Mumbai Street Foods. When I was doing the AtoZ International Street Food during April, I read about this dish and ever since been wanting to make it.
So when I was making this list, I decided I was going to make this. I set out to watch the many videos available. Each vendor seems to a version different from the other. Though the common ingredients seem to be a mix of veggies cooked directly over the dosa, in a sauce of schezwan sauce. Tomato sauce, chili sauce, etc with loads of cheese on top.
One thing was that this dosa is made using regular dosa batter, you only have to plan the veggies and sauces.
I made it for Konda’s dinner along with another letter that also needed only dosa batter. Both the varieties were too good. The other version was super duper hit, while she fine with this too. Since this dosa is served as rolls, I got to eat it as well and felt it was good, especially with loads of cheese over it.
So for J, I have Jini Dosa in the AtoZ Flatbread and More, where I am doing AtoZ Dosa Varieties. If you are curious about J in AtoZ Indian Flatbreads, I have an interesting dish, do check it out!
A to Z Dosa Varieties
A for Alle Belle
B for Bele Dose
C for Chilro
D for Dhuska
E for Eylanchi
F for Faraali Dosa
G for Ghaaroda
H for Heerekai Dosa
I for ILam Dosai
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Step by Step Pictures for making Jini Dosa
Jini Dosa ~ Spicy Cheese Dosa Mumbai Street Food
Ingredients Needed:
2 cups Dosa Batter
1 /2 cup Onions
1 /2 cup Carrots grated
1 /4 cup Tomatoes finely chopped
1/ 2 cup Potato
2 to 3 tsp Schezwan Sauce
2 tsp Tomato Ketchup
1 tsp Red Chili sauce
1 tsp Chat Masala Powder
Butter as required
Coriander Leaves as required
Cooking Oil as required
Cheese grated as required
Prep work
Have all the vegetables prepped and ready.
Grate the Cheese and have it aside. Or you can grate it directly over the dosa as it is done in the hotel.
Making the Dosa
Heat a nonstick tawa, when it hot enough, pour a ladleful of dosa batter and spread as a circular style as you regular do.
Sprinkle oil and cook on low flame.
When the top portion is slightly cooked, add all the vegetables, sauces and mixed completely well. Add butter and ensure you mix it well.
Once it's cooked for few minutes, spread it well over the dosa. Sprinkle the spice powder.
Add grated cheese over it or sprinkle it on top.
Fold the dosa over the filing and using a cutter slice into 3 to 4 inch pieces.
Serve with side dish.
Recipe
Jini Dosa ~ Spicy Cheese Dosa Mumbai Street Food
Ingredients
- 2 cups Dosa Batter
- 1 /2 cup Onions
- 1 /2 cup Carrots grated
- 1 /4 cup Tomatoes finely chopped
- 1/ 2 cup Potato
- 2 to 3 tsp Schezwan Sauce
- 2 tsp Tomato Ketchup
- 1 tsp Red Chili Sauce
- 1 tsp Chat Masala Powder
- Butter as required
- Cooking Oil as required
- Cheese grated as required
Instructions
Prep work
- Have all the vegetables prepped and ready.
- Grate the Cheese and have it aside. Or you can grate it directly over the dosa as it is done in the hotel.
Making the Dosa
- Heat a nonstick tawa, when it hot enough, pour a ladleful of dosa batter and spread as a circular style as you regular do.
- Sprinkle oil and cook on low flame.
- When the top portion is slightly cooked, add all the vegetables, sauces and mixed completely well. Add butter and ensure you mix it well.
- Once it's cooked for few minutes, spread it well over the dosa. Sprinkle the spice powder.
- Add grated cheese over it or sprinkle it on top.
- Fold the dosa over the filing and using a cutter slice into 3 to 4 inch pieces.
- Serve with side dish.
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Sowmya:) says
Same pinch Valli. I love your version of Jini dosa....it looks so beautiful and delicious! I want to grab those off the screen right away!
Priya Suresh says
Seriously i came to know about this dosa while watching a video about the mumbai's street foods.. Jini dosa looks just prefect to finish a dinner without any fuss. Absolutely irresistible and definitely inviting. Mouthwatering here already.
vaishalisabnani says
I love this Jini Dosa ! I have made this a couple of times but the rolls some how have never been clicked to perfection ???? .
I can see you have made a delicious looking Dosa and now I am drooling over this cheese loaded Dosa , Awesome Valli !
gayathriraani says
I remember seeing this on insta videos. The vendors seem to do it very easily, the cooking on the dosa itself part. Need to try this version for my daughter. With that amount of cheese inside I am sure she would love it..
harini says
Love this Indo-chinese version of street dosa! I bet it must have been flavorful
mayurisjikoni says
That's an interesting version of the dosa.Have seen them in Mumbai often serving dosa with a variety of filling.I 've tried the one with pav baji filling and cheese. Now I know what these dosas are called.
Annapurnaz says
Wow! So now there is another interesting thing I can do with dosa batter in addition to making uttapam. Though my kids love uttapam and dosa both, but this Jini dosa having cheese I'm sure will be their ultimate choice. I'm yet curious about its name....Jini dosa 🙂
Renu Agrawal Dongre says
In Mumbai you can literally find any fusion and many a times many dishes are loaded with cheese and this dosa is a good Fusion of South India and Indo chinese version. Looks yum.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
It is almost dinner time here and I am seeing this at the wrong time. Looks so delicious and I want to make some right away.
Simply Tadka says
dosa with cheese makes me hungry anytime.. so perfect dosa.
Padmajha PJ says
I remember watching a video of this dosa and was wondering how it would taste if we made it at home, especially skeptic about cooking the veggies over the dosa on the tawa! Yours have turned out so good and am tempted to try it here.Super pick for J
code2cook says
My husband had this jini dosa while in mumbai and since then he does not leave any chance to have it in restaurants. Looks so tempting.