Panpole
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Yield: 8-10
You Need:
- 1 cup raw rice (Surai/Kollam or any small grained rice)
- sufficient water to make a thin batter
- salt to taste
- oil for greasing the griddle
- 2 tbsp cooked rice (optional) – helps make the dosas ultra soft
- 2 tsp grated coconut (optional) – brings in a lovely flavour to the dosas – but u can totally skip this
Method:
1. Soak the rice for at least 2 hours or overnight. Grind it with 1/2 cup water & cooked rice and/or coconut to a very fine paste
2. Add 2 cups of water and some more if required to achieve a watery batter (consistency of slightly thicker than milk)
3. Add salt to taste and mix well.
4. Heat a cast iron or non stick griddle/tawa which should have edges (not the one used to make dosas which are without edges). Lightly grease the surface of the griddle with oil – you can poke 1/2 a medium size onion with a fork and use it to grease the griddle. Many people use a small piece of muslin tied to a stick to do the same, but it’s more hygienic to use an onion and discard it after use.
5. Using a deep round ladle scoop out batter & pour it on one side of the griddle and lift quickly lift & tilt it to help spread the batter across the entire surface of the griddle. This needs minimum practice. Add more batter in places which are not covered with batter. Cover & cook for about one minute or till you see the dosa leaving the sides of the griddle.
6. Remove and allow to cool a bit before folding into a quarter.
7. Serve with Chutney, gravy, Chicken or Fish curries and simply enjoy this simple delicacy!
i posted a similar recipe in my blog .we call it paal aadai in our place…love yours…looks so soft
Aahh..lovely dosas Shireen..light, and full of flavours.
Vow what a lovely dosa variety, looks so soft and light.
so nice and so white in color…its attractive
Hi Shireen, Found my way to your blog from Michelle's Food, Football and a baby. Love all your recipes.. and have tried a few of them.I'm mangalorean as well.. but living far away form home now :-(.. so ur food definitely gets me nostalgic and inspires me to try out.. keep them coming !!
Thank you all for your lovely comments! 🙂
@ Andrea: So nice to hear from you, glad you like the posts, do check this blog for more Mlorean goodies! 🙂
This looks so good, I must try this sometime. Thank you for linking this wonderful entry with Any One Can Cook 🙂
Wow neer dosas are my favourite. Its been a long time since I have made these. After seeing these pictures, I am very tempted to make and eat some straight away.
Awesome recipes. Have never made kuswar untill now. No errors, purrfect nevris and kulkuls!! Also pork bafat..yummmmm. Lots of appreciation received for this dish. Thanks a lot, keep posting.
How long does this batter last? A week?
@aartilla the fun: Yes, the batter lasts for a week under refrigeration
I too prepared lyk dis bt it was cracking nd sticking to the pan why it is so
My neerdosa is sticking and cracking in non stick pan why its so
Hi Evita: What kind (variety) of raw rice did you use? Sometimes if the rice used is not correct it can turn sticky and won't lift off the pan easily. Secondly, did you grease the pan with oil?
Hi Shireen, I have a similar problem as the previous commenter, it sticks and cracks in the pan before lifting it up. I used Sona masoori rice and a little desiccated coconut.
After the rice is soaked overnight, is the rice ground in the water it was soaked in, or is fresh water used to grind the rice? Please reply.
Tina: You can grind the rice using the water which was used to soak the rice provided it was not tap water (to be on the safer side) and also provided the rice was adequately washed and then soaked in that water.
Could the cracking in the pan be due to an extra thin batter? And the stickiness due to inadequate heat beneath? A lot of times it helps to stir the entire batter eachtime just before pouring out on the griddle.
@ Preethi: Those are good tips, I have never had problems with neer dosa sticking to the griddle as I always stick to the same brand/variety of rice ie surti kolam rice. I will add your tips to the post, thanks for sharing
Thanks for your recipe. My question is, can I use basamati rice for this ?
Can u use brown rice the fat one
Lorraine & Amanda: You can use basmati as it is a variety of raw rice but it may work out too expensive! Try looking for Kolam rice or broken basmati which will be cheaper.
Amanda: You cannot use the brown rice (boiled rice)
Hi Shireen,
Please check if there is some inconsistency in the following two contradictory descriptions:
(A) In the 'Panpolay/Neer Dosa' method, you have stated :"4. Heat a cast iron or non stick griddle/tawa which should 'HAVE' edges (not the one used to make dosas which are without edges)"
Whereas,
(B) In the 'Tri Coloured Neer Dosa / Panpolay' you have stated, " Heat a neer dosa skillet or a very flat non stick frying pan 'WITHOUT' tall sides".
Thanks and cheers,
Clem
Instead of soaking the rice and then grinding, do you think I can just use raw rice powder and mix with water, (along with some cooked rice and coconut that are pre-ground in a mortar)?
@ Clem: Yes, my points sound contradictory because I wrote my first neer dosa recipe much earlier. What I was trying to say was
You need to have a skillet that has edges but not very tall edges – cuz we use frying pans to fry fish that have really tall edges. We also use slightly concave tawas without any edges to fry regular dosa (masala dosa type). Since the neer dosa batter requires to be swirled around a bit we need a flat (not concave) tawa with small edges.
Now if you read my two recipes I am sure you will understand what I was trying to say 🙂
And no, I am not sure how the rice powder neer dosa will turn out for you as my experience was never good with it.
i tried making neer dosa from idly rucw but da surface of da dosa came out to be sticky…… plzzz… need ur expert advice
Hi Raveena…did you mean ‘idli rice’? If yes, neer dosa is best made with raw rice. Idli rice would be the parboiled variety and not suitable for neer dosa. Please check your grocery for ‘dosa rice’ or ‘kolam variety of raw rice. Hope it helps! Do let me know!