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Ragi Dosa Recipe | How To Make Ragi Dosa | Healthy Indian Breakfast Recipe For Weight Loss, Diabetes

Ragi Dosa is a healthy, nutritious, protein-packed Indian breakfast recipe prepared using finger millet and urad dal (lentil) as the main ingredient. This dosa batter is prepared without using rice or rice flour.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Resting Time8 hours
Total Time8 hours 40 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian, Karnataka, South Indian
Diet: Vegan
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 327kcal
Author: Kushi

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Ragi or Finger millet
  • ½ cup Urad dal
  • 2 tablespoon Chana dal (optional)
  • ½ teaspoon Methi or fenugreek seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Salt

Instructions

Making of Ragi Dosa Batter

  • Add ragi, urad dal, chana dal, methi, and water in a bowl. Nicely wash, drain and soak with fresh water for 3 to 4 hours
    2 cups Ragi, ½ cup Urad dal, 2 tablespoon Chana dal, ½ teaspoon Methi
  • After 4 hours, drain and add the soaked ingredients to the blender with approximately 1 ¼ cup of water and blend it to smooth paste. Depending on the size of your mixie or grinder, you may have to blend it in batches.
  • Transfer this to bowl. Cover and keep it for fermentation for 8 hours or overnight.
  • After the fermentation process, keep it in the refrigerator until you are ready to use it.
  • When ready to cook dosa, add salt and mix well. Note I have not added any water to the batter. The batter should be medium thick. Check the video here on the making of ragi dosa.
    1 teaspoon Salt

How to Cook Ragi Dosa?

  • You can cook thick and soft, thin and crispy, or mini dosas with the same batter. It is just playing around with your ladle while spreading the batter
  • Heat nonstick or cast iron pan on medium heat. Once hot, take a ladle full of batter and spread the dosa batter in a circular motion. Drizzle oil. Cover and cook for 2 minutes. Then flip, drizzle oil and cook on another side for 30 seconds to 1 minute.
  • Repeat the process for the remaining dosa batter. Serve and enjoy.

Notes

  • If using a cast-iron pan, always grease with oil before spreading dosa, but if using a nonstick pan, please do not grease with oil before spreading the batter.
  • The time to cook dosa given here is approximate. It will vary how thick or thin you have spread the dosa.
  • Ragi takes a slightly longer time than the regular dosa recipe. So always cook it on medium flame. Else it will look cooked from the outside but may have that raw taste inside. 

Nutrition

Calories: 327kcal | Carbohydrates: 68g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 397mg | Potassium: 322mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 291mg | Iron: 5mg