Mysore masala dosa is a crispy, golden-brown savoury crepe, with fermented batter stuffed with a layer of spicy chutney and potato masala inside. The masala dosa is named after the district Mysore in Karnataka, India.
Perfect for weekend special breakfast for your family or to impress your guests.
Check out my regular version of this masala dosa and my Tamil nadu style idli dosa batter recipe (bonus points, in mixie!).
It is one of the things in my to-try in restaurants list that I have planned in my trip to India this holidays. I have tasted only once I think that too I could not find any difference about the regular masala dosa and that one they served.
But being a food blogger and a foodie, I have heard Mysore masala dosa is different form the regular masala dosa. Last year I saw a Youtube video which shows a roadside hotel, a man making dozens of these dosas at a time.
With ease, loads of butter and we forget about everything, instantly drool if we see that video. I saw him putting a red chutney over the dosa, with generous butter topping and masalas stuffed and served.
The dosa is evenly browned and crisp, dense, thick than we do at homes. And I get few requests once in a while to post dosa batter recipe and this mysore masala dosa recipe too.
Especially the red chutney which makes the spicy difference in this dosa.
I referred this blog for red chutney and tried, though I changed the ratios as the first time I tired it, I got too thick chutney.
For Dosa batter
This dosa batter is different from the Tamil nadu version I make regularly. No methi seeds and toor dal and chana dal in addition.
Ingredients
- Raw rice - 1 cup
- Idli rice - 1 cup
- Urad dal - ½ cup
- Toor dal - 2 teaspoon
- Chana dal - 2 teaspoon
- Poha/ aval/ flattened rice - ¼ cup
- Salt - as needed
Method:
- Firstly, wash and soak everything except salt in the ingredients list, together for 3 hours.
- Grind it with little water in mixie. Need not be too smooth.
- Add water very carefully. You can grind in two batches and add salt in one batch and mix it lastly together.
- Keep overnight for fermentation (12 hours). It will ferment well. Morning stir well and make dosas. Adjust consistency if its too thick by adding very little water.
Use as needed in the recipe below.
Step-by-step
Chutney preparation
1. Roast 3 tablespoon Chana dal and 7 Dry Red chilli firstly, in medium flame with few drops of oil. I would like ½ teaspoon of cumin seeds for authentic flavour of a Karnataka chutney.
2. Then add 2 Small onion, 5 flakes Garlic along and fry for 2 minutes.
3. Cool down and then transfer to the mixer.
4. After that grind it to a thick, yet spreadable chutney, with salt and a little water.
Potato masala preparation
1. Wash potatoes firstly and cut each potato into 4 and pressure cook with ½ cup water for 3 whistles.
2. Once done, peel off the skin and mash it roughly. No large chunks as we are using as stuffing.
3. Then, heat a pan with 1 tablespoon and temper with ½ teaspoon Mustard, 1 teaspoon Urad dal, 2 teaspoon Chana dal, 1 sprig Curry leaves, 5 Cashews table in order. Let the cashews turn golden.
4. After that, add chopped ginger, green chilli, onion, carrot and fry well for a minute. Add ¼ cup water, salt and ⅛ teaspoon turmeric.
5. Then, add the mashed potatoes and mix well. Fry for 2-3 minutes, drizzle oil if needed more.
Make dosa
1. Heat dosa pan, spread the dosa batter evenly over the hot tawa.
2. Drizzle some ghee or butter or oil over it. Once the dosa is half cooked, add a tablespoon of prepared chutney.
3. Spread it using the back of a spoon around the dosa.
4. Add butter if you want and spread it evenly too as it melts.
5. Add 3-4 of the prepared aloo masala and its your option either to spread it slightly and fold the dosa or keep the masala and roll the dosa. No need to flip the dosa.
Serve with sambar and coconut chutney the evergreen combination, if you want, with a dollop of butter as you see below.
Recipe card
Mysore masala dosa recipe
Ingredients
- Dosa batter (recipe above) As needed
For red chutney
- 3 tablespoon Chana dal
- 7 Dry Red chilli long variety, mild
- 5 flakes Garlic
- 2 Small onion Shallot
- Salt
For potato masala
- 3 Potatoes big sized
- 1 Onion
- 2 tablespoon Carrot finely chopped (optional)
- 2 Green chilli
- 1 tablespoon ginger Finely chopped
- ⅛ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- Salt - as per your taste
To temper
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- ½ teaspoon Mustard
- 1 teaspoon Urad dal
- 2 teaspoon Chana dal
- 5 Cashews
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
Instructions
Chutney preparation
- Roast chana dal and red chillies firstly, in medium flame with few drops of oil.3 tbsp Chana dal , 7 Dry Red chilli
- Add shallots, garlic along and fry for 2 minutes.2 Small onion , 5 flakes Garlic
- Cool down and transfer to the mixer.
- Grind it to a thick, yet spreadable chutney, with salt and a little water.Salt - as per your taste
Potato masala preparation
- Wash and cut each potato into 4 and pressure cook with ½ cup water for 3 whistles.3 Potatoes
- Peel off the skin and mash it roughly. No large chunks as we are using as stuffing.
- Heat a pan with oil and temper with the items given under 'to temper' table in order. Let the cashews turn golden.1 tbsp Oil , ½ tsp Mustard , 1 tsp Urad dal, 2 tsp Chana dal , 1 sprig Curry leaves, 5 Cashews
- Add chopped ginger, green chilli, onion, carrot and fry well for a minute. Add ¼ cup water, salt and turmeric.Salt, 2 tbsp Carrot, 2 Green chilli, 1 tbsp ginger, ⅛ tsp Turmeric powder , 1 Onion
- Add the mashed potatoes and mix well. Fry for 2-3 minutes, drizzle oil if needed more.
Make dosa
- Heat dosa pan, spread the dosa batter evenly over the hot tawa.
- Drizzle some ghee or oil over it. Once the dosa is half cooked, add a tablespoon of prepared chutney.
- Spread it using the back of a spoon around the dosa.
- Add butter if you want and spread it evenly too as it melts.
- Add 3-4 of the prepared aloo masala and its your option either to spread it slightly and fold the dosa or keep the masala and roll the dosa. No need to flip the dosa.
Notes
- Make sure to grind the chutney spicy to make the dosa perfectly spicy. Otherwise it will be like the regular masala dosa.
- Adding butter sure enhances the taste and browning, but make sure you restrict yourself with only one or two.
- I made with more chana dal first time and found it less spicy and too thick, so I have adjusted the ingredients accordingly in my recipe. So you may get more deep red colored chutney when you try.
- Byadgi chilli or Kashmiri red chilli is perfect for chutney for color.
Jency Vinodh says
Luk soo yummy n delicious....
Raga says
Hi!!
The dosa looks so yummy. I love the colour . Do you have the ratios for this dosas batter pls? And do we use any chana dal ?
Raks Anand says
Hi Raga, can you please check the dosa batter under the headings, I have updated it here https://rakskitchen.net/mysore-masala-dosa-recipe/#for-dosa-batter
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jeyashri suresh says
One of my fav dosa. Simply drooling
Sudar Ramakrishnan says
looks yummy
Lakshmi Vignesh says
if u visit bangalore u must visit MTR (Mavalli Tiffin Room). they serve the best ever masala dosas !!
Chitra Ganapathy says
Wow,love its color.awesome 🙂
Mrs Vaidee says
Awww please open a restaurant .... it will become a big hit and we will get a chance to taste these yummy food 🙂
Veena Theagarajan says
one of my must have when I visit Raj.. Looks so yum!
Shankari Bagavathi says
Drooling... This is going to b d breakfast tomorrow at home 🙂
Hamaree Rasoi says
heaven on plate !! seriously loving the color
SHARMILEE J says
Looks perfect, lovely color too!
Sowmya Ramesh says
Hi raks. Tempting dosas and btw where did u get ur pototo masher
Priya Hari says
Hi Raks, Can you please share the recipes for sambar and that yummy red chutney on the side?
AparnaRajeshkumar says
raks.. even it is in my todo list for long 😀 lovely click
Vijaya Raghavan says
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Vijaya Raghavan says
very delicious looks perfect
Anonymous says
Tempting to eat!!
Sathya Priya says
Mysore masala is little thick inside wont be steamed properly but its brown on outside ..Def a different dosa than tamilnadu masala dosa .
Yours looks perfect with lots of butter .
M D says
Oh this looks so tempting that I am drooling over my computer screen at this moment and wish to pick that masala dosa bite off the screen!!!!
Ms.Chitchat says
Very tempting click, loved the platter.
Kurinji says
My huby's fav dosai... looks yummy...
Shama Nagarajan says
tempting preparation dear
Sindhujabalaji says
Omg,i literally droolling here,just nw i finishd my lunch,bt ur pic tempted to eat...one dip wt sambhar d another wt chutneys...rocking pics raji
Priya Suresh says
Omg, irresistible dosa, soo tempting...feel like inviting myself to ur place.
Durga Karthik. says
In my to do list too after seeing Sanjeev kapoor's video.Now after seeing yours feel contented as it gives a feeling of eating.Good work Raks.
Raks anand says
You can find the sambar link there above the picture itself, just click over the word sambar. It will take you to the link. Red chutney recipe is here http://www.rakskitchen.net/2013/08/easy-onion-tomato-chutney-recipe-red.html
Kuttu says
Nice dosas and good pics! Here in Bangalore they make 99 varieties of stuffing for the dosa (it's a street food). But I dont know what they use in the batter, because the dosa tastes and looks different from our normal dosa.
Saraladevi Thangadurai says
Looks very yummy and appetising !
Jyotsna Sivakumar says
Superb !! make me ravenous
Vidya says
I tried this recipe and it was the best home made dosas ever! Thank you.
sura muthu says
It's great! even i tried it came out really good. thanks raks
Swarna says
tasted yummy !!
SHARMILEE J says
Yum yum, perfect dosa!
Vani says
Thank you for the mention/link to my post. Too often, credit isn't given and it's nice to see bloggers talking straight. The dosas look amazing!
Devi Sree says
Perfect click. Looks Awesome...
Mahalakshmi says
Wow very tempting....
Sathya Lakshman says
I made this dosa. It turned out absolutely delicious! Thank you so much!
radha krishnan says
Whatever my be the receipe. It all depends upon rice and water that`s why mysore masala roast is very tasty in Janatha Hotel in Majaestic circle. More over generally masala roast are tasty in mysore and bangalore. Thuppa dosa is available and tasty in Taj mahal hotel in Mangalore.
Boomadevi.k Sriram says
Very tempting and perfect clicks:)
Stive Smith says
lovely post
Vinutha Setty says
cup size 240 ml or 160 ml. just want to use right amount of chana and tuvar dals
Vinutha Setty says
can you please comment on the size of a cup. i just want to suse the right amount of dals. 240 ml or 160 ml
Raks anand says
240 ml
Puja Tiwari says
I have made Dosa earlier also,but this time with this recipe..It was perfect...Perfect crisp,Perfect size,Perfect shape and Ofcrs the taste.
Everyone loved it in my family.Thank You
Nilesh Dhanapune says
nice recipe of mysore masala dosa ! thnx
Jayanthi Sridhar says
Lovely presentation. Would live the batter proportion as well. Thanks
Unknown says
Please share links of good and traditional dosa tawa which i can buy
Priya says
Thank you for the recipe! I tried and it was a hit !!
Raks Anand says
Thank you 🙂
Shiva Shankar C says
If you are wishing to travel to Bengaluru next time, please visit VIdyarthi Bhavan, Gandhi Bazaar, Bengaluru. You will enjoy the world's best masala dosa.