Open Masala Dosa Recipe (Podi Masala Dosai)

South India is known for its spicy, buttery and delicious dosas. Must try among many varieties of dosas are open masala dosa.

Recipe video demo open masala dosa

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Ingredients:
1 Liter Idli or Dosa Batter (please click here for recipe)
500 Grams Potato Bhaji / Palya (please click here for recipe)
1/2 Cup Gunpowder (please click here for recipe)
Ginger Coconut Chutney (please click here for recipe)
1/4 Cup Ghee
1/3 Cup Butter
1/4 Cup Oil

For Garnish: Butter, Grated Carrots, Grated Coconut, Finely Chopped Coriander...

Method:
Preplan and prepare the potato, chutney, dosa batter and gunpowder ahead of time.

Combine the butter, oil and ghee. Try not to melt the fat combine and reserve..

Heat a tawa or skillet on high flame. Sprinkle water and allow to reduce a bit. Spread 1 tsp of oil, rub 1/2 onion on the skillet this way the dosa will have good flavor.

Ladle the batter and spread in a even layer. Generously spread the fat mixture cover and cook for 3 minutes. After 3 minutes flip and apply 1 more tsp fat and cook for 3 minutes.

Flip the dosa back, generously sprinkle gunpowder and apply 1 more tsp butter and top with aloo palya and chutney serve as hot as possible.

We can garnish with butter, grated carrots, fresh grated coconut and coriander to enhance the flavor and taste.

This blogpost is to demonstrate various dosas of southindia. we can prepare these dosas with unsalted butter or salted butter both are different taste. Salted butter has tumeric so the flavor profile changes from the unsalted butter.