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    Home » Recipes » Breakfast & Dinner Ideas

    Mysore masala dosa recipe

    May 12, 2014 by Raks Anand 48 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Mysore masala dosai is one of popular food in Karnataka. The masala dosa is named after the district Mysore.

    Mysore masala dosa with a dollop of butter
    Mysore masala dosa with a dollop of butter

    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.

    Mysore masala dosa
    Mysore masala dosa

    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

    Ingredients

    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:

    1. Firstly, wash and soak everything except salt in the ingredients list, together for 3 hours.
    2. Grind it with little water in mixie. Need not be too smooth.
    3. Add water very carefully. You can grind in two batches and add salt in one batch and mix it lastly together.
      soak, grind
    4. 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.
      ferment

    Use as needed in the recipe below.

    Mysore masala dosa recipe
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    Mysore masala dosa recipe

    Mysore masala dosai is one of popular food in Karnataka. The masala dosa is named after the district Mysore.
    Course Breakfast
    Cuisine Indian, South Indian
    Prep Time 20 minutes
    Cook Time 45 minutes
    Soaking + Fermentation 13 hours
    Servings 4 People
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    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
    • â…› 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
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    Instructions

    Chutney preparation

    • Roast chana dal and red chillies firstly, in medium flame with few drops of oil.
      3 tablespoon 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 tablespoon Oil, ½ teaspoon Mustard, 1 teaspoon Urad dal, 2 teaspoon 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 tablespoon Carrot, 2 Green chilli, 1 tablespoon ginger, â…› teaspoon 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. 
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    Method

    Chutney preparation

    1. Roast 3 tablespoon Chana dal and 7 Dry Red chilli firstly, in medium flame with few drops of oil.

    2. Then add 2 Small onion, 5 flakes Garlic along and fry for 2 minutes.

    3. Cool down and then transfer to the mixer.

    1-mysore-masala

    4. After that grind it to a thick, yet spreadable chutney, with salt and a little water.

    2-mysore-masala

    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.

    potato masala for mysore masala dosa

    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.

    saute onion, add water

    5. Then, add the mashed potatoes and mix well. Fry for 2-3 minutes, drizzle oil if needed more.

    stuffing for mysore masala dosa

    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.

    spread chutney, butter

    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.

    place masala, fold

    Serve with sambar and coconut chutney the evergreen combination, if you want, with a dollop of butter as you see below.

    mysore masala dosa, served with chutney, sambar

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Jency Vinodh

      May 12, 2014 at 9:26 am

      Luk soo yummy n delicious....

      Reply
    2. jeyashri suresh

      May 12, 2014 at 9:29 am

      One of my fav dosa. Simply drooling

      Reply
    3. Sudar Ramakrishnan

      May 12, 2014 at 9:36 am

      looks yummy

      Reply
    4. Lakshmi Vignesh

      May 12, 2014 at 9:39 am

      if u visit bangalore u must visit MTR (Mavalli Tiffin Room). they serve the best ever masala dosas !!

      Reply
    5. Chitra Ganapathy

      May 12, 2014 at 10:05 am

      Wow,love its color.awesome 🙂

      Reply
    6. Mrs Vaidee

      May 12, 2014 at 10:14 am

      Awww please open a restaurant .... it will become a big hit and we will get a chance to taste these yummy food 🙂

      Reply
    7. Veena Theagarajan

      May 12, 2014 at 10:25 am

      one of my must have when I visit Raj.. Looks so yum!

      Reply
    8. Shankari Bagavathi

      May 12, 2014 at 11:01 am

      Drooling... This is going to b d breakfast tomorrow at home 🙂

      Reply
    9. Hamaree Rasoi

      May 12, 2014 at 12:23 pm

      heaven on plate !! seriously loving the color

      Reply
    10. SHARMILEE J

      May 12, 2014 at 12:40 pm

      Looks perfect, lovely color too!

      Reply
    11. Sowmya Ramesh

      May 12, 2014 at 1:06 pm

      Hi raks. Tempting dosas and btw where did u get ur pototo masher

      Reply
    12. Priya Hari

      May 12, 2014 at 1:38 pm

      Hi Raks, Can you please share the recipes for sambar and that yummy red chutney on the side?

      Reply
    13. AparnaRajeshkumar

      May 12, 2014 at 2:34 pm

      raks.. even it is in my todo list for long 😀 lovely click

      Reply
    14. Vijaya Raghavan

      May 12, 2014 at 3:25 pm

      This comment has been removed by the author.

      Reply
    15. Vijaya Raghavan

      May 12, 2014 at 3:38 pm

      very delicious looks perfect

      Reply
    16. Anonymous

      May 12, 2014 at 3:53 pm

      Tempting to eat!!

      Reply
    17. Sathya Priya

      May 12, 2014 at 10:42 pm

      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 .

      Reply
    18. M D

      May 12, 2014 at 10:48 pm

      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!!!!

      Reply
    19. Ms.Chitchat

      May 13, 2014 at 3:13 am

      Very tempting click, loved the platter.

      Reply
    20. Kurinji

      May 13, 2014 at 5:43 am

      My huby's fav dosai... looks yummy...

      Reply
    21. Shama Nagarajan

      May 13, 2014 at 7:18 am

      tempting preparation dear

      Reply
    22. Sindhujabalaji

      May 13, 2014 at 9:53 am

      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

      Reply
    23. Priya Suresh

      May 13, 2014 at 3:56 pm

      Omg, irresistible dosa, soo tempting...feel like inviting myself to ur place.

      Reply
    24. Durga Karthik.

      May 14, 2014 at 7:28 am

      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.

      Reply
    25. Raks anand

      May 15, 2014 at 12:46 pm

      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

      Reply
    26. Kuttu

      May 15, 2014 at 1:31 pm

      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.

      Reply
    27. Saraladevi Thangadurai

      May 18, 2014 at 2:50 pm

      Looks very yummy and appetising !

      Reply
    28. Jyotsna Sivakumar

      May 18, 2014 at 2:51 pm

      Superb !! make me ravenous

      Reply
    29. Vidya

      May 23, 2014 at 5:10 am

      I tried this recipe and it was the best home made dosas ever! Thank you.

      Reply
    30. sura muthu

      May 26, 2014 at 11:55 am

      It's great! even i tried it came out really good. thanks raks

      Reply
    31. Swarna

      May 31, 2014 at 2:56 am

      tasted yummy !!

      Reply
    32. SHARMILEE J

      June 10, 2014 at 1:19 am

      Yum yum, perfect dosa!

      Reply
    33. Vani

      July 08, 2014 at 1:52 pm

      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!

      Reply
    34. Devi Sree

      November 05, 2014 at 11:40 pm

      Perfect click. Looks Awesome...

      Reply
    35. Mahalakshmi

      January 09, 2015 at 6:16 am

      Wow very tempting....

      Reply
    36. Sathya Lakshman

      February 20, 2015 at 12:28 pm

      I made this dosa. It turned out absolutely delicious! Thank you so much!

      Reply
    37. radha krishnan

      June 22, 2016 at 7:55 am

      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.

      Reply
    38. Boomadevi.k Sriram

      July 26, 2016 at 9:55 am

      Very tempting and perfect clicks:)

      Reply
    39. Stive Smith

      July 30, 2016 at 9:05 am

      lovely post

      Reply
    40. Vinutha Setty

      February 07, 2017 at 1:24 pm

      cup size 240 ml or 160 ml. just want to use right amount of chana and tuvar dals

      Reply
    41. Vinutha Setty

      February 07, 2017 at 1:24 pm

      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

      Reply
    42. Raks anand

      February 07, 2017 at 1:48 pm

      240 ml

      Reply
    43. Puja Tiwari

      July 05, 2017 at 8:06 am

      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

      Reply
    44. Nilesh Dhanapune

      October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

      nice recipe of mysore masala dosa ! thnx

      Reply
    45. Jayanthi Sridhar

      February 17, 2018 at 11:52 pm

      Lovely presentation. Would live the batter proportion as well. Thanks

      Reply
    46. Unknown

      September 24, 2018 at 4:13 pm

      Please share links of good and traditional dosa tawa which i can buy

      Reply
    47. Priya

      May 22, 2022 at 9:46 am

      Thank you for the recipe! I tried and it was a hit !!

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        June 07, 2022 at 2:44 pm

        Thank you 🙂

        Reply

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