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Cauliflower masala dosa recipe | South Indian breakfast recipes

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 I had cauliflower masala dosa when I was studying +1 in a restaurant in Salem. It was a treat by my close  friend. Those days we rarely go to restaurants,may be yearly twice or thrice. That’s it! And I will be totally flattered by all the masala smells we get in restaurantsDrooling,as we use less of the masalas at our home,which I had mentioned earlier too. So this masala dosa was tasting and smelling like heaven to me.  The after that I never got a chance to eat.

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Then after coming here to SG I happened to see cauliflower masala dosa on menu card in a restaurant. I forgot the name of the restaurant and was breaking my head Time out
to remember,but sorry I couldn’t. But always I wanted to try at home and post it here. I made this monday and immediately after clicking,just sat and ate it heartily Oh go on,in-fact,I hurried to finish clicking and ate it. Already my kid is very fond of cauliflower,and then dosa too…So he just loved it. The smell was lingering in my hands! I will sure make this very often here after.

Cauliflower Masala Dosa Recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Breakfast
Prep Time: 10 mins    |  Cook time: 15 mins    |  Serves: 6

Ingredients

Cauliflower – 1 small sized flower

Onion – 1,chopped

Tomato – 2 ,chopped

Cashew nuts – 8 – 10

Red chilli powder – 1 tsp

Coriander powder – 2 tsp

Garam masala powder – 1/2 tsp

Kitchen king masala powder – 3/4 tsp

Turmeric powder – 1 pinch(optional)

Fennel seeds/soambu – 1 tsp

Coriander leaves,chopped – 3 tblsp

Oil – 2 tblsp

Salt – As needed

Idly/dosa batter – As needed

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Method

  1. Cut cauliflower into bite sized florets,boil water with a tsp of salt and keep this florets immersed till need. Heat a  pan with oil,season with fennel. Add chopped onion,coriander leaves and fry till transparent. Add chopped tomatoes,fry till mushy and add all the masala powders along with salt.

    2. onion,tomato

  2. Grind the cashews with little water,add it to the onion tomato and give it a fry for 2 minutes in medium low flame.Add the cauliflower drained from water.

    3. fry

  3. Sprinkle some water and cook covered until the cauliflower gets cooked. Let the masala be neither too dry nor too runny.

    4. masala

  4. To make dosa, spread the dosa thin and cook until crisp in medium flame with little oil drizzled over.. No need to flip the dosa, just spread little masala over one half and close by covering the other half  of the dosa over the masala.

    5. dosa

Notes

Tips for making perfect dosa!

  • For making dosa with the batter, I always take required amount of the batter in a bowl and mix 1/4 cup water.
  • This makes it easy to spread the dosa in the dosa pan and also gets easily cooked as its thin, lacy and need not be flipped.
  • If you flip the dosa the crispness gets reduced.
  • Always wait for the dosa pan to get hot, spread the dosa,then drizzle oil. If you grease with oil first, its not that so easy to spread the dosa evenly/smoothly.
  • Cook in medium flame to make the dosa crisp.
  • I have used tandoori masala powder you can skip that and use garam masala and use ginger garlic paste while making the masala.

Serve hot with any flavoured coconut chutney!
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  30. This is one of the most made during the season in my home. The cauliflower season is yet to start here. Dosa is so crisp Raji. Nice clicks. I can understand why had to hurry up clicking.

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  52. Beautiful clicks, just now saw one in sharmi's blog and here, now I have to make Masala Dosa, my kids will be over the moon, never made it cauliflower though, made it with peas and potatoes, will give this a try next time

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  56. காளிப்ளவர் மசால் தோசை ரொம்ப் அருமையாக இருக்கின்றது..படங்களை பார்க்கும் பொழுதே சாப்பிட தோனுது..

    வீட்டில் எப்பாவது மதியம் சமைத்த காளிப்ளவர் இருந்தால் இரவில் இப்படி தோசை அல்லது சப்பாத்தி உடன் சாப்பிடுவோம்..

    இப்பொழுது தான் தெரியுது காளிப்ளவர் மசால் தோசை என்று ஹேட்டலில் மெனு இருக்கின்றது என்று…சூப்பர்ப்…

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  60. Reminds me of college. We used to order all the time at Annapoorna. It used to be a evening tiffin item I think and if we were not there at a certain time it will be gone.

    Yours looks so much better than theirs though.

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  62. This looks sooooo…. good!!!! Im craving for one right now :))

    Btw for your shahi paneer recipe u fried the tomato paste till nice & thick..Whwenevr we try to wait for too long when frying a paste..it splatters all over..then we have to cover with a lid but cant stir it as its all jumping inside the pan..And then finally we end up adding the next ingredient earlier than req?? How did you go about it???

    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

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  70. prats, you are right. But when we fry the tomatoes and onions before grinding, it wont splatter much as when we do it raw. But still it splatters a lot. I do cover and cook until the paste it thick enough to not get splattered 🙂 After adding the masala powders esp dhaniya powder,it thickens faster…

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  94. காலிபிளவர் மசாலா தோசை ரொம்ப நல்லாயிருக்கு…நானும் இப்போ இந்தியா போனபோது இந்த தோசையை சாப்பிட்டேன்,ரொம்ப பிடித்துவிட்டது.சீக்கிரம் செய்து சாப்பிடனும்..

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  96. perfect and crunchy looking masala dosai..cauliflower is my fav. will surely try it out soon..
    wonderful clicks..love the blue colour in the picture..very soothing to the eyes..

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  100. Cauliglower masala looks yumm..Dosa is so versatile that we can add any stuffing. My mom used to stuff left overs like lemon rice, upma, sambar vegetables and so many more. We as children never complained once it was within dosa! 😀 Now, I follow moms foot steps ehehhee..

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  102. I had trouble posting comments earlier… 🙁 not sure why though.

    But that is one fabulous dosa and such a different filling… i don't think i've ever tasted cauliflower masala. Can't wait to try!

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  132. Raji, fortunately I got the recipe of cauliflower masala dosa bcoz of u. I ate this dosa in a leading restaurant but I don't know method of doing it. But the taste is mouth watering. I will try this recipe send u the comments soon.

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  134. Hi cauliflower masala i tried and it tasted awesome and liked by kids as well as hubby very….. much. I did it in the kadai in which i melted butter. So flavourful it was…. thx yaar….

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