Neer Dosa (Vegan & Gluten Free Thin Rice Crepes)
Neer Dosa is one of my favorite go to breakfast or a main meal. The instant version is very simple and can be done quickly. All you need is just plain rice flour, salt and water.
Neer Dosa are vegan and gluten free thin rice crepes made using rice flour. This is an instant version and can be eaten as breakfast or main meal.
I always have rice flour in my pantry. there are multiple uses of this rice flour. I like to mix it in various flours and make this multi flour pancakes or Instant rice butter chakli.
The flour needs to be very fine. All you do next is mix it with a lot of water, salt to taste and the batter is ready. You can add some tadka if you wish too, but it is completely optional. A similar version is done in Maharashtra and it is called as ghavan.
Key points to be taken care while making Neer Dosa
The key to making them is the batter should be runny and not thick. Then you just pour this on a hot tawa. You need to pour it along the edges and go inwards. A gentle swirl of the pan will help spreading the dosa. They are very thin and hence I named it as thin rice crepes 😊. Do not attempt to spread it like a typical dosa, it won't work.
I am sharing this with Foodie Monday Bloghop , where the theme for this week is Third Letter Magic (195th Theme). That is the recipe should start with the third letter of your name. The third letter of my name is N, and hence I choose to make this Neer Dosa. The theme was suggested by Amrita Iyer who blogs at The Food Samaritan
In the pic, I have served it with Hyderabadi Baingan ka salan. So here goes the recipe -
Ingredients
- 1 cup rice flour
- Salt to taste
- Water as needed
- Oil for shallow frying
Tadka (Optional)
- 1 teaspoon oil
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- 8-10 curry leaves
- 1 green chili finely chopped
Preparation
- In a wide bowl add the rice flour and salt.
- Now slowly add the water , mixing continuously, so that the batter does not have any lumps.
- If you add the water in one go, it would be difficult to remove lumps from the batter.
- The consistency of the batter should be such that when you check the bottom of the spoon, the batter should not be stick to it.
- If you are adding a tadka, In a small pan heat oil.
- Once hot add mustard seeds.
- Once mustard seeds splutter, add in the curry leaves and green chili and add into the prepared batter.
- Mix everything.
- Heat a dosa pan or a crepe pan.
- Once hot, add 2-3 drops of oil and wipe the pan with a tissue or cut potato.
- Now pour a ladle of the batter along the edges moving inwards.
- Simultaneously swirl the pan so that the batter is covered all over.
- Let it cook on medium for 3-4 mins.
- Drizzle a few drops of oil along the edges.
- Now you will see that the dosa starts leaving the edges.
- Let it cook for a further 2-3 mins.
- Once done remove and serve.
- You can flip and cook on other side too, but generally Neer dosa is cooked on one side.
- Serve it with some spicy curry or some Coconut Coriander Chutney.
Few More Rice Flour recipes
- Vegetable and mix flour (Bengal Gram, Rice) Pancake
- Vegetgable and mix flour (Rava, Rice, Oats) Pancake
- Sticky Honey Sriracha Cauliflower Wings
- Cauliflower & Green Onion Fritters
- Zucchini Brinjal Pancake
- Instant Thalipeeth
Neer Dosa (Vegan & Gluten Free Thin Rice Crepes)
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Ingredients
- 1 cup rice flour
- Salt
- Water as required
- Oil for shallow frying
For tadka (Optional)
- 1 teaspoon oil
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- 8-10 curry leaves
- 1 green chilli finely chopped
Instructions
- In a wide bowl add the rice flour and salt.
- Now slowly add the water , mixing continuously, so that the batter does not have any lumps.
- If you add the water in one go, it would be difficult to remove lumps from the batter.
- The consistency of the batter should be such that when you check the bottom of the spoon, the batter should not be sticked to it.
- If you are adding a tadka, In a small pan heat oil.
- Once hot add mustard seeds.
- Once mustard seeds splutter, add in the curry leaves and green chilli and add into the prepared batter.
- Mix everything.
- Heat a dosa pan or a crepe pan.
- Once hot, add 2-3 drops of oil and wipe the pan with a tissue or cut potato.
- Now pour a ladle of the batter along the edges moving inwards.
- Simultaneously swirl the pan so that the batter is covered all over.
- Let it cook on medium for 3-4 mins.
- Drizzle a few drops of oil along the edges.
- Now you will see that the dosa starts leaving the edges.
- Let it cook for a further 2-3 mins.
- Once done remove and serve.
- You can flip and cook on other side too, but generally Neer dosa is cooked on one side.
- Serve it with some spicy curry or some Coconut Coriander Chutney.
Video
Notes
- Optional Ingredients are not counted in Nutritional Facts
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Amazing , love it , am going to try this !!
Sure do, it is yum. Thank You
Neer Dosa is the husband's favouritest thing ever, but something we always order at restaurants. I've somehow never tried making it at home - didn't realise it was this simple to make! Now I will. 🙂
Love the look of your neer dosa - it looks just perfect. Thank you for the well-explained recipe.
Really. I am crazy for neer dosa. Thank You so much
Neer dosa looks so perfect and delicious. Loved the pores appear on it. Thanks for the easy and well explained recipe.
Thank You
Wow awsome share, neer dosa is looking perfect. One of my favorite dosa recipe from childhood. It's been long time I did not prepared, after seeing your dosa pics I am feeling hungry to have it, also loved Ur chutney.
Thank You 🙂
These look so light and fluffy, I imagine they go well with lots of different ingredients. Pinned!
Thank you so much, yes they do go well with a lot of different foods and specially curry's
I love ghavan and so I am sure I will love these Neer dosa. Always wanted to try this dish at home . Now that I have your recipe will give it a try soon.
Thank you
Neer dosa looks perfect Renu. I lov to have it with channa ghasi or batata ghasi. Fantastic share .Instant versions come to the rescue when you crave for it.
True, Thank You
I've tried neer dosa at restaurants and till I read your recipe didn't know that its quite easy to make at home. I love how spongy yours have turned out. Perfect to soak up curry with.
Thank You
I never made Neer Dosa at home but had the ghavan version at one of my friend's place in Mumbai.. I should also try it someday, Yours looks so well made.. lovely share
Thank you
supebly made, Renu ! I am always afraid of trying this at home, for not making it the correct way.. these GF crepes with some jaggery - coconut mix and some spicy coconut chutney is all that I need for a hearty breakfast ! well done 🙂
Thank you
Love this easy and quick method to prepare neer dosa. Never tried my hand till now and m bookmarking this simple method to try soon...
The neer dosa surely looks delicious. I think my little toddler will love this, he loves soft dosa. I'm so going to try this out!
Sure do. Thank You
These dosas look lovely ,I am totally impressed with the lace effect you have achieved with them.I am going to follow your recipe and try them as I have not made this variety before.
Thank You
Can i use raw rice flour for making this?
I have plenty of unroasted rice flour so the question.
Yes you can definitely make it using raw rice flour. I wanted to make it the traditional way, but the instant one is made using raw rice flour.