How to make ILam Dosai | Soft Dosai from Chettinad

Grinding the batter

• Wash the rice, urad dal and methi seeds and soak them together for 4 hours.
• Drain the water and grind everything together to a smooth batter using the soaked water.
• Mix the batter well, keep it in a warm place overnight or at least for 8 hours to ferment.
• The batter will rise up.
• Mix salt and your batter is ready to be made into soft dosas.
• If you are not using right away, you can refrigerate.

To make the dosa

• Heat a nonstick tawa and spread 2 - 3 drops of cooking oil uniformly. You can wipe off the excess oil with a tissue paper.
• When the tawa is just hot, pour a ladle full of batter in the center of the tawa and spread the batter from the center to the edges in a circular motion.
• Cover and cook the dosa in low heat for a minute. This dosa doesn’t require to be flipped.
• Remove the dosa using the spatula.
• Repeat the same process for the rest of the batter.
• Serve with Milagi Pori or Chutney of choice.