SABUDANA DOSA

Sabudana Dosa or Tapioca pancake is a very healthy, easy to make and tasty dosa that can be prepared even on fasting or vrat days.

Are you tired of trying out regular dosa ? Then try out this appetizing and quick alternate dosa recipe. What I love about this dosa is that it requires no grinding or fermentation. You can serve this for breakfast or even as complete meal. I have served it with spicy tomato curry.

Sometimes the tapioca that I get from stores do not work well for making sabudana khichdi, as it becomes mushy and find it difficult to handle. Instead of throwing away the packet, I decided to try preparing dosas with it and the outcome was a big success. Even after it cools down this dosa remains soft and tastes good. Do try out this recipe and share your comments and variations.

Preparation time : 30 minutes
Serves : approx 8 dosas

Ingredients for Sabudana Dosa

Tapioca pearl / Sabudana - 1 cup
Green chilies chopped - 3
Coriander leaves chopped - 5 strands
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Asafoetida / Hing - pinch
Salt - to taste
Semolina / Sooji - 1 cup (check tips)
Water - approx ½ cup or as needed
Soybean flour or Singhare Ka atta - ¼ cup ( you can also use maida or rice flour instead)
Yogurt - ¼ cup
Sugar - 1 tsp
Grated Carrot - 1
Pepper powder - 1 tsp

Steps to prepare Sabudana Dosa

Step I

• Soak sabudana / tapioca pearls in water for 2 hours and drain it.
• Now add all the ingredients mentioned in the list above and mix well adding water little by little to form a batter. The batter should be thick and not runny.

Step II

• Heat the non-stick tava / pan. Once the pan is hot, on a medium flame add laddle full of batter and spread it evenly with your fingers or back of laddle to form medium thick dosa. Cover it with a lid. (If you find this difficult then feel free to cook mini dosas)
• Once its starts becoming golden brown flip and cook on the other side till its roasted and golden brown in color.
• Repeat the process for remaining batter.
• Sabudana Dosa is now ready. Serve hot with spicy tomato curry.and enjoy.

Tip:

• I have not added any oil while cooking dosas. Feel free to add butter / oil if desired.
• Vary the amount of green chilies as per your taste.
• Flour is added mainly for binding. WHile preparing for fasting or vrat, use the flour you can eat on that day like singhare ke atta (chestnut flour)
• You can use lemon juice instead of yogurt to taste.
• Semolina or Sooji can be skipped and mashed potatoes be added to make traditional sabudana thalipeeth.