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    Home » Recipes » Breakfast & Dinner Ideas

    Sponge dosa recipe, Poha dosa

    September 26, 2009 by Raks Anand 91 Comments /

    I simply followed the recipe from a cookbook. It's a long time wish for me to try this and today I tried and was satisfied with the results. There are so many sponge dosa recipes out there in the blog world,and here is another simple version!  It was too spongy and was good enough even when cooled down!
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    Next time I will try adding Vendayam/fenugreek seeds and ferment rather than making it with sour butter milk and cooking soda, as in other blogs👰, though it was very very spongy, I will try that for flavor!

    INGREDIENTS:

    Idly rice(parboiled rice) 2 cups
    Rice flakes/aval/poha ¼ cup
    Sour butter milk 3 – 4 cups
    Cooking soda ¼ tsp
    Oil & salt As needed

    Sponge stack

    Method:

    1. Soak washed rice and aval  together in buttermilk overnight.
    2. Morning,drain the excess buttermilk if any and grind to a smooth batter like our idly dosa batter(bit watery than that)
    3. Mix salt(I added 2 tsp) and cooking soda and mix well.
    4. Heat the tawa (I used a nonstick one) and pour a ladle full of batter and drizzle oil and don’t spread the batter,cook covered in medium flame for a minute.
    5. DSC_1161DSC_1163

    6. Now super soft spongy dosa is ready to enjoy!

    Porous texture!
    Serve with a spicy chutney,we had with coconut chutney ground with red chillies and a garlic! Was really yummy and we all 3 ate well Happy
    With chutney!
    Notes:

    • No holes formed in the dosa? Check the consistency of the batter,too thick batter or even too thin batter won't give you porous dosa. Try adding more cooking soda and mix well and try again.

    My next post will be My event round up!!

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. shanthi

      September 26, 2009 at 7:03 am

      Yummy sponge Dosa and Congrats on being featured as Sunday Blogger in EC

      Reply
    2. Happy cook

      September 26, 2009 at 7:28 am

      Wow it indeed look spongy delcious, wish i got idli rice here.

      Reply
    3. Sharmilee! :)

      September 26, 2009 at 7:55 am

      Spongy dosas looks soo tempting, bookmarked will surely try it!!

      Reply
    4. Priya

      September 26, 2009 at 8:10 am

      Send me some spongy dosa Raks, looks gorgeous!

      Reply
    5. DEESHA

      September 26, 2009 at 9:17 am

      beautiful .. this is bookmarked Raks. Thanks for the recipe

      Reply
    6. Raje

      September 26, 2009 at 11:03 am

      Looks delicious!nice and spongy...

      Reply
    7. sowmya.s

      September 26, 2009 at 11:31 am

      very spongy..am sure it tastes good..should try it sometime..

      Reply
    8. Lone Acorn

      September 26, 2009 at 11:58 am

      I love the spongy dosa with chicken curry. I know its something different but I can tell you amazing taste.

      Reply
    9. Preeti Kashyap

      September 26, 2009 at 12:07 pm

      looks perfect!

      Reply
    10. jeyashrisuresh

      September 26, 2009 at 1:04 pm

      perfect dosas. will surely try next time. my kids always prefer spongy ones they never like crispy dosas. surely they will like this.Pictures r so nice

      Reply
    11. rekhas kitchen

      September 26, 2009 at 1:36 pm

      wow that looks so soft and spongy and looks like a thich aapam yum mouthwatering dear.

      Reply
    12. Nags

      September 26, 2009 at 3:10 pm

      this is what they call set dosa no? it looks very similar.. the ones they serve with kurma in veg restaurants in blore.

      Reply
    13. Bharathy

      September 26, 2009 at 3:55 pm

      The pores say it all!!!!

      Reply
    14. Pavithra

      September 26, 2009 at 4:23 pm

      WOw thats our fav one I often do this.... Looks good and yummy.. Nice click as well.

      Reply
    15. Prathibha

      September 26, 2009 at 5:20 pm

      Lovely dosa Raji...I love the spongyness of this dosa..I like to have mine with bombai chutney or veg saagu with a dollop of fresh butter..yummy right??

      Reply
    16. Anu

      September 26, 2009 at 10:54 pm

      Looks yummy and delicious... Nice click...

      Reply
    17. A 2 Z Vegetarian Cuisine

      September 27, 2009 at 12:05 am

      Send across some please, look delicious.

      Reply
    18. Priyanka Navis

      September 27, 2009 at 12:32 am

      looks yummy and delicious

      Reply
    19. Priya Narasimhan

      September 27, 2009 at 4:16 am

      lovely photos of spongy dosas..waiting or your event-round up. 🙂

      Reply
    20. Sireesha

      September 27, 2009 at 5:44 am

      Fabulous sponge dosa looks tempting:)

      Reply
    21. Sushma Mallya

      September 27, 2009 at 7:11 am

      looks so spongy...loved the pic too raks...

      Reply
    22. Tina

      September 27, 2009 at 12:48 pm

      Dosa looks sooooooo spongy ...Dear plz check my recipe.....

      http://kaipunyam.blogspot.com/2009/05/omanayappam.html

      Reply
    23. Parita

      September 27, 2009 at 9:01 pm

      Wow that truly looks soft and spongy 🙂

      Reply
    24. Sanghi

      September 28, 2009 at 1:31 am

      Wow.. really spongy! Lovely pictures too..!

      Reply
    25. Varsha Vipins

      September 28, 2009 at 4:36 am

      Jeez..That single dosa pic made me go nuts..:D..I wanna try this,this is more like our appam(vellayappam) recipe than dosa..I dont have aval or buttermilk..:(..Can I get any substitutes Raks..?I so want to try this asap..:D

      Reply
    26. RAKS KITCHEN

      September 28, 2009 at 5:32 am

      Nags,
      St dosa I think they cook both sides,this one we are cooking only one side and cover and cook:)
      Varsha,
      I am not sure to replace those 2 with any,may be you can try grinding with cooked rice(in place of rice flakes) and keep it for fermenting and make next day the dosas...this is my own guess,but not sure how effective the result would be 😛

      Reply
    27. my kitchen

      September 28, 2009 at 8:55 am

      Delicious spongy dosa.Tempting

      Reply
    28. Chitra

      September 28, 2009 at 11:28 am

      I too tried poha dosa , recipe from my neighbour, urs is looking good 🙂 will try this once..

      Reply
    29. Sarah Naveen

      September 28, 2009 at 12:46 pm

      WOw!! Yummy Sponge dosa!!

      Reply
    30. Cilantro

      September 28, 2009 at 4:05 pm

      Looks delicious and soft with all the holes in them. It has come out perfect. I add some fenugreek and a tablespoon of ullunthu and the taste and smell of it is good. This recipe has come out perfect so why change it??? I will try this recipe next time.
      Mallika Badrinath`s recipe usually does not disappoint me.

      Reply
    31. Valarmathi

      September 28, 2009 at 4:35 pm

      Wow.. looks so spongy and yummy, nice click.

      Reply
    32. notyet100

      September 28, 2009 at 6:02 pm

      ummm yummy

      Reply
    33. Sireesha

      September 28, 2009 at 9:06 pm

      Happy Dussehra to you and your Family.

      Reply
    34. Sireesha

      September 28, 2009 at 9:21 pm

      Happy Dussehra to you and your Family.

      Reply
    35. Cham

      September 29, 2009 at 1:36 am

      Love the white color of sponge dosa!

      Reply
    36. jayasree

      October 02, 2009 at 1:54 pm

      Lovely dosa... It looks so spongy..this is slightly different from the set dosa recipe I follow. Bookmarked.

      Reply
    37. jayashree

      November 17, 2009 at 6:11 am

      Indeed the dosa lived upto it's name. I too have Mallika's book, but I was inspired to try out this recipe only after I saw the picture in your blog !

      Reply
    38. Lavi

      March 18, 2010 at 4:08 am

      Tomorrow this is going to be our tiffin.. Iam dreaming to get perfect dosa's like urs. will let u know tomm.

      Reply
    39. Kavitha Bhargav

      April 14, 2011 at 3:14 pm

      I tried this and it came out well. Thanks

      Reply
    40. Anonymous

      October 15, 2011 at 12:18 am

      Hi! I tried it but it wasn't white as u'rs, still tasted good and yummy 🙂

      Reply
    41. Anonymous

      October 15, 2011 at 12:18 am

      Hi! I tried this and it tasted good. It wasn't so white as u'rs 🙂 Great going !!!

      Reply
    42. vanitha

      November 08, 2011 at 4:41 am

      Hi
      i tried this dosa . but i not get well. wht?i did mistake i dont.

      Reply
    43. rajresidentjoe

      November 18, 2011 at 6:46 am

      enakku vayasu 63..ungaludaiya tiffin blogs pramadham...oat dosa,sponge dosa en pennai panna cholluven..ennna enakku kadavai pal kidayadhu...manamarndha vazthukkal.

      ramu thatha.

      Reply
    44. Mitha

      December 28, 2011 at 2:45 pm

      Raji
      I tried sponge dosa yesterday
      tasted yumm !!!
      A big hug to you

      Reply
    45. admin

      February 22, 2012 at 12:12 am

      Can i soak the rice in morning, grind it in evening and make dosa immediately for dinner? Will it work?

      Reply
    46. RAKS KITCHEN

      February 22, 2012 at 12:22 am

      Yes sure it will work!

      Reply
    47. pinky

      February 28, 2012 at 1:37 am

      Thank u!

      Reply
    48. Goddess

      April 06, 2012 at 6:40 am

      Raksh,
      enna solla? I have no grinder and not a good mixie too. But when I checked this out i was like... some miracle should happen to my mixie so that i can try this. Yes, the miracle did happen! I tried this recipe (mixie ground the rice so soft) with nice spicy tomato-chilly chutney. It came out so so well and I bragged about it to my amma 🙂 Thanks so much girl.

      More writing... though I know to cook almost any south Indian recipe, at times I get some doubt but i could not call my mom since it'll be mid-night when we prepare our lunch here. So then I immediately get my system and type rakskitchen.com 🙂 If there is any different item from my kitchen my husband now asks...'enna ma..rakskitchen-a?' 😀 😀

      Reply
      • selvambigai

        May 10, 2019 at 11:01 pm

        hi raks, tried sponge dosa, it was porous, but it came out hard, what could be the reason, still batter s der, what I can do with that? thankyou

        Reply
        • Raks Anand

          May 12, 2019 at 10:00 am

          Was the batter too thick? Try adding little more water if so. Also the cooking soda could be the culprit. Use aluminium free fresh cooking soda. If you want to avoid cooking soda, grind the batter and keep it for fermentation. Hope this helps

          Reply
          • selvambigai

            May 14, 2019 at 5:33 pm

            thankyou raks

            Reply
    49. RAKS KITCHEN

      April 06, 2012 at 6:41 am

      Thank you so so so so much 🙂 You made my day! 🙂 Glad that my site is helping few people,which I started to help myself 😉 haha. Keep visiting!

      Reply
    50. Goddess

      April 06, 2012 at 2:54 pm

      Sure I will! 🙂

      Reply
    51. Goddess

      April 07, 2012 at 3:24 am

      by the way, it's rakskitchen.net and .com, o it's in my most visited list and seldom note the domain 🙂

      Reply
    52. jo

      May 24, 2012 at 11:29 am

      hi raks, i wanted to try this recipe as this looks so nice and very good for babay's too. I have some question is no need of fermenting the batter can we do immediately after grinding? do you know how to make butter milk at home as we will be having yogurt all the time but not buttermilk, plsss

      Reply
    53. LBhairavi

      July 26, 2012 at 6:18 am

      Hi Rak's
      I tried this dosa recipe , it really came out good
      Thank you

      Reply
    54. maidofadyar

      September 02, 2012 at 12:14 am

      Just made this soft and fluffy dosa. I had to use soy yogurt as I am allergic to milk but the taste was tart and good. I also added 1/4 tsp curry leaf podi and pepper powder. So good!

      Reply
    55. maidofadyar

      September 02, 2012 at 8:04 am

      Just cooked up the sponge dosas and they were light and delicious. I had to use soy "yogurt" because I am allergic to milk. Also put 1/4 tsp curry podi and pepper powder for extra flavor and used fenugreek in the soak. Thanks for a great recipe.

      Deborah

      Reply
    56. Cynthia Pinto

      September 02, 2012 at 12:30 pm

      Hi Rak

      I soaked the rice and aval with buttermilk (the buttermilk isin't sour at all) from at 5pm this eve. Can I grind it at night say 11 pm. Keep the batter outside overnight to ferment a bit and make the dosas in the morn say 7pm? I don't want to grind in the morning as I run short of time. Thanks in advance. Really appreciate if your answer came quick

      Reply
    57. RAKS KITCHEN

      September 02, 2012 at 12:33 pm

      Cynthiya, yes you can try that. You can make dosa at 7 am. Since you are fermenting, if you give more time for fermenting, you need not even add buttermilk.

      Reply
    58. Eat & Burpp

      November 21, 2012 at 11:46 am

      Made them in the morning today!! Came out fabulous!! I have not clicked the pic unfortunately...but the recipe goes in the diary & a pic will follow soon! Served with Peanut Shallot Chutney....yumm!! Thanks!

      Reply
    59. Sailaja Angara

      November 24, 2012 at 7:54 pm

      very much tempting sponge dosa. Your blog is also very wonderful. a very eatable blog.

      Reply
    60. Ashwini D

      December 04, 2012 at 9:04 am

      hey i want to try this recipe but what do mean by aval

      Reply
    61. RAKS KITCHEN

      December 04, 2012 at 9:05 am

      Poha in Hindi or flattened rice.

      Reply
    62. Paddy

      January 30, 2013 at 12:56 am

      This is one really nice yummy dosa that everyone must try. It tastes simply good and not much of hard work too 🙂

      Reply
    63. RAKS KITCHEN

      March 28, 2013 at 6:14 am

      Soda is for making it porous and easy cooking. You can omit and grind and keep overnight for natural porous dosas!

      Reply
    64. Indhu

      April 22, 2013 at 11:57 am

      it turned out to be sour! yet the butter milk, i used, was not. any idea why?

      Reply
    65. RAKS KITCHEN

      April 22, 2013 at 12:04 pm

      Because of hot climate? Try soaking for less hours.

      Reply
    66. saranya

      April 30, 2013 at 6:15 pm

      i tried this one. as the name its soft. nice one.I soak at night n grind in the morning. can i use left over batter for eveningÉ

      Reply
    67. Swetha bhargav

      May 23, 2013 at 9:44 am

      Can I use normal rice instead of parboiled rice

      Reply
    68. Raks anand

      May 23, 2013 at 9:46 am

      I am not sure about the result, try and see with little proportion

      Reply
    69. Chidambara selvi T

      August 09, 2013 at 6:26 am

      hey Raji, I dint get boiled rice here, can i use Raw rice for this ??
      will that work ??

      Reply
    70. Raks anand

      August 09, 2013 at 6:28 am

      You can try, I hope it will work.

      Reply
    71. vanaja k

      September 01, 2013 at 11:05 am

      hai raks,your recipe of sponge dosa is tasty.i have tried it but with raw rice as i didnot have boiled rice.it has come out very fluffy and spongy.i like your blog very much.

      Reply
    72. Chithra Nair

      November 05, 2013 at 10:57 pm

      i was searching for this recipe...i am sure i reached the correct place....the pics shows its taste and perfection!! thx a lot sharing this recipe raks!!!

      Reply
    73. Gayathri Ramanan

      November 23, 2013 at 9:15 am

      tried your recipe, came out soft and spongy ..thank you...

      Reply
    74. seher aniat

      January 24, 2014 at 12:37 am

      i was looking for this recipe...i am positive i reached the proper place....the pics shows its taste and perfection!! the plenty sharing this recipe rakes!!! cookings set

      Reply
    75. Sharrel D'souza

      April 27, 2014 at 7:14 am

      Other than Buttter milk what can be used?

      Reply
    76. Raks anand

      April 27, 2014 at 7:17 am

      You can grind without it and keep overnight for fermentation.

      Reply
    77. Indhu Vinod

      May 13, 2014 at 11:57 pm

      Hi Raks, i want to try this dosa today for dinner. Does this dosa need fermentation. Is it ok if i soak rice and aval morning for 8 hours?

      Reply
    78. Indhu Vinod

      May 13, 2014 at 11:57 pm

      Hi raks, i want to try this sponge dosa . I have a doubt that do we want to ferment this dosa batter?

      Reply
    79. Raks anand

      May 14, 2014 at 12:14 am

      8-10hrs must be enough I think in this hot climate now.

      Reply
    80. suba

      October 02, 2014 at 3:36 pm

      Hi raks,
      U hv an amazing blog. U might hv heard this from many. But u absolutely deserves it.

      Cmg back to sponge dosa. Can we preserve the excess batter for the next day? If so how many days we can preserve it in refrigerator?

      Reply
    81. maria . K

      April 28, 2015 at 5:44 am

      By aval- do you mean the thick or thin rice flakes, this always confuses me! thanks. Is it the same type of aval that is used for all types of dosa's..

      Reply
    82. Raks anand

      April 28, 2015 at 5:48 am

      Both will work.

      Reply
    83. Unknown

      February 21, 2016 at 1:36 am

      Can add soaked chana dal and zeera to the batter . it tastes more gud

      Reply
    84. Parvathi S

      April 02, 2016 at 1:18 pm

      my kids are allergic to Soda.Any other replacement for that

      Reply
    85. Anu

      April 04, 2016 at 7:16 am

      Can you please post the recipe of the chutney u used for this dosa ?? I searched in your chutneys collection but could not find this .. Please post soon .. I am planning to make this dosa once you post the chutney recipe 🙂

      Reply
    86. Raks anand

      April 04, 2016 at 7:18 am

      You can soak for 3 hrs, ferment for 6 hours and make.

      Reply
    87. Raks anand

      April 04, 2016 at 7:20 am

      Sure will post 🙂

      Reply
    88. Padmaja Racherla

      July 01, 2016 at 1:40 am

      I tried your sponge dosa recipe and it turned out very good. Thank you for another breakfast recipe. I tried oil-free dosa and it's great.

      Reply

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