Beetroot dosa recipe is simply ground beetroot with spices added to the regular idli dosa batter. Not only makes it colorful also it is healthy to have vegetables in your breakfast right?
Pack it for lunch box as mini coin uthappams or make it as a healthy start for the day (breakfast).
Check out this yummy beetroot thayir pachadi recipe and super easy beetroot rice recipe in my website.
This idea was passed to me by my reader Harini Kumarasamy. She sent me this 2 months back and been thinking to try.
Last month when I had both beetroot and idli dosa batter, I tried this one and turned out good.
This is just a basic idea, you can improvise this with your favorite ingredients in it.
Variations
- Swap cumin with 1 tablespoon of chopped ginger.
- Do a mustard, urad dal, asafoetida, curry leaves tadka.
- Grind a shallot along, do not add more than one as it might tend to become sticky.
Top tip
- Do not add more beetroot as it will stick to pan if you overdo.
- If in case the dosa sticks, add more batter or rice flour to fix it.
- For making thin dosa, recommend adding less beetroot than mentioned (reduce to half) for easily taking out from pan.
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Step by step
- Grind red chilli, jeera and cubed beetroot without adding water to a smooth paste.
- Add it to the batter, along with asafoetida and mix well.
- In a hot tawa, spread the dosa on desired thickness. I made it thick and cooked with a lid covered. drizzle some oil. Flip and cook until done.
Recommend coconut chutney the best combination to go with this. I had with onion tomato chutney, was not bad. Coconut chutney would give a treat to eye too along with this red velvet colour😃.
Recipe card
Beetroot dosa recipe
Equipments (Amazon Affiliate links)
- dosa pan
Ingredients
- 2 cups Idli dosa batter
- 1 Beetroot small, cubed
- 2 Red chilli
- ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds
- ⅛ teaspoon Asafoetida
- Oil – to smear
Instructions
- Grind red chilli, jeera and cubed beetroot without adding water to a smooth paste.
- Add it to the batter, along with asafoetida and mix well.
- In a hot tawa, spread the dosa on desired thickness.
- I made it thick and cooked with a lid covered. drizzle some oil. Flip and cook until done.
Notes
- You can add one shallot (small onion) along beetroot for extra flavour.
- Skip jeera and add a piece of ginger – both helps in digestion.
- You can temper the batter with mustard, urad dal, curry leaves and finely chopped onion and mix to make uttapams.
Sita Lavanya
Dosa looks so tempting ..color is so bright.
I usually add grated carrot and beetroot on top.this looks different.will surely try today only.I have beetroot and dosa batter
Vama Dattani
My 2 yr old doesn't eat beetroot...this is surely going in his menu
Jessi paul
Simple and healthy dosa...actually i ve already tried this in mini dosa list.. But my kid never eats...
Jessi paul
Simple and healthy dosa...actually i ve already tried this in mini dosa list.. But my kid never eats...
Suchi Karthick
Hi rak's...
Your blog s soo good n recipes r awesome
U can even with left over beetroot poriyal...
I have tried it
Veena Theagarajan
Love this version I hv different version in my draft.. This looks so easy to do if we hv bit old batter this would be good way to use it..
Kalaiarasi Jayapal
Nice try raks.. Appreciate all ur efforts ��
Traditionally Modern Food
Healthy and tasty dosa..kids will love it
Radhika
Hi Raks,
First of all thanks for awesome recipes!
I just add grated beetroot, finely chopped onion and cilantro to the idli/dosa batter and make dosas. Its my family favorite!Instead of cilantro you can add chopped curry leaves or mint. All these herbs gives nice flavor and taste. It tastes good with bit old batter as Veena said - 3 days old. - Radhika
பவித்ரா
I used to filter boiled beetroot n with that water i prepare chappathi/poori.. It is verycolorful n tastes yummy..
This also i ll try.. Thank u
பவித்ரா
I tried this with carrot n husband loves it. I used to make carrot adai but process s long.. This one is easy.. Thank u
kavitha
Hey raks ..i tried the recipe its so colourful .. bt my dosa was little bit sticky .. can u help me .. hope i had added much water while grinding .. is that the reason
Raks anand
Yes, could be. You can add a handful of rava to fix it. Also if beetroot puree is more, it sticks.
Girish Venkatachalam
nice thanks a lot for this