Starting your Sunday morning or any morning with dosas just off the tawa, sounds like a great idea. But want to try making a different kind of dosa? So here it is, cucumber neer dosa or southekayi neer dosa. Lacy, soft cucumber neer dosa speckled with light green cucumber not only sounds nice but also looks and tastes great!
You can soak rice overnight or just for 4-5 hours. Then you can grind rice with the remaining ingredients and then immediately make dosas. You can also keep the batter overnight/or few hours to lightly ferment and then make cucumber neer dosa. Either way they are delicious. The last time I made them I served them with sorekayi saasme but you can serve with any chutney!
This will have a slightly different taste compared to neer dosa which will have a dominant coconut taste. In cucumber neer dosa you can taste the cucumber definitely! A similar kind of dosa with same texture is this sorekayi dosa recipe. My mouth has started watering, I shall go and soak rice and I must have half a cucumber lying in my refrigerator. Off I go to find that cucumber! Meanwhile here’s the cucumber neer dosa recipe.
Here are more dosa recipes:
Masala Dosa
Open Dosa
Red Rice Dosa
Khaali Dosa
Cabbage Dosa
Menthya Soppina Dosa
Ragi Oats Dosa
Uttapam
- ¾ Cup idli rice
- 2-3 Tbsp grated coconut
- ½ Tsp jeera
- ½ Tsp powdered black pepper
- Salt to taste
- ¾ Cup grated cucumber
- Soak rice for 4-5 hrs or overnight
- Drain water from the rice, add little water
- Grind with salt and grated coconut
- Set aside to ferment for 7-8 hrs
- Add jeera, black pepper powder
- Grate the cucumber and add it to the batter
- Add ½ Cup water to make thin batter
- Make thin dosas
- Cover and cook
- Flip when underside is cooked
- Serve with chutney or saasme
Batter should be thin to make the dosas
You can also add a green chilli while grinding the batter to add some heat!
Cucumber Neer Dosa Stepwise:
Soak rice for 4-5 hrs or overnight
Drain water from the rice, add little water
Grind with salt and grated coconut
Set aside to ferment for 7-8 hrs
Add jeera, black pepper powder
Grate the cucumber and add it to the batter
Add 1/2 Cup water to make thin batter
Make thin dosas
Cover and cook
Flip when underside is cooked
Serve with chutney or saasme
