Tomato dosai is a popular South Indian dish made with a batter of fermented rice and lentils, mixed with tomatoes and spices. It is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, making it a delicious and satisfying meal or snack. Enjoyed with chutney and sambar, tomato dosai is a flavorful and comforting dish that can be enjoyed at any time of the day.
Tomato Dosai
Course: BreakfastCuisine: Indian, TamilDifficulty: Easy
Servings
4
servingsPrep time
10
minutesCooking time
20
minutesExperience the crispy and savory delight of tomato dosai, a beloved South Indian dish bursting with flavor and perfect for any time of day.
Ingredients
Rice flour – 1 cup
Rawa – 1 cup
Maida – 1 cup
Tomatoes – 2 medium
Red Chilli powder – ½ teaspoon
Asafoetida Powder – a pinch
Salt – 1 teaspoon or as per taste
Oil as required
Directions
- Chop the tomatoes into medium-sized pieces and blend into a paste.
- Combine rice flour, semolina, all-purpose flour, tomato paste, chili powder, asafoetida, and salt in a bowl. Add enough water to form a thin batter. Cover and let it sit for 20 to 30 minutes.
- Heat a griddle and lightly oil it. Pour a large spoonful of the batter to create a thin dosa. Drizzle a teaspoon of oil around the dosa. Once one side is cooked, flip it over to cook the other side. Then remove from the griddle.
Notes
- This dosa can also be made using ready-made dosa batter. For one cup of dosa batter, blend one tomato with 1/4 teaspoon of red chili powder and mix it into the batter to make Tomato Dosa.
I prepared this for breakfast today and it came well. The tomato flavour is new and had a nice subtle taste. The dosas however did not turn up thin, they were a little thick, may be I need to dilute the batter a little more next time. Thanks for the nice recipe.
Hi Shri,
Thank you for visiting my site. Yes. The batter should be thinner than the normal dosa batter. (Like rava dosa batter).
can we post some recipes in the site
Hi Shri,
Yes. You are most welcome to post your recipes in my site. I will add it under "Guest Recipes" with your name. You may please mail the recipe to the e-mail: [email protected]
Hi Kamala.. Tried your Tomato Dosa today & it turned out awesome (pls name it instant tomato dosa :-).. It was not as crispy as your dosa (in the pic u posted) but truly a wonderful recipe.. You are a warehouse of recipes. Continue your good work..
Hi Maithireyi,
Thank you for visiting and your kind comments. If you prepare with ordinary dosa batter mixed with tomato paste, you will get crispy dosa.
Thank you Kamala for the suggestion.. I'll try next time & post the feedback..
tried it today came out fine …. as i live in china cannot grind dosa batter …. but it was good 🙂
Thank you Foodie.
HI mam,
Am having 7 month baby. I am not able to spend lot of time in cooking. Ur recipes are simple , taste and takes less time to cook. Thank u post more 🙂
Thank you for your kind feed back Hemalatha.
Hello My Dear
Tried your Tomato Dosa today, it came out very nice, Thanks for the nice recipe.Continue your work thanks for your nice recipe
Thank you for your feed back.
Hi,
I am newly married and I am learning cooking from your site only.
Thank you so so much.
Thank you Pavithra.
Hi,I tried your tomato dosa recipe it came out very well..thank you.keep your good work going…good luck!:)
Thank you Sushmeetha for your feed back.
Tried dis dosa n came out very well and crispy too..
Keep up ur gud work. Thank you.
Thank you Sana for your feed back.
Should we use apple tomato or sour tomato
You can use any tomato. But using sour tomato will make the dosa also slight sour.
Hi Kamala, What will be the best sidedish to try with this dosa?
Thanks
Hi Neela,
Since this dosai is little tangy in taste, plain coconut chutney or coriander/mint chutney go well with this.
Hi Kamala,
I liked all your receiped adn it seems simple and easy to cook. today tried tomato dosa and it came out very well didnt required chutney and all :D…waiting for more receipes from you.
Thanks!!!!
Hi Kamala,
I liked all your receipes and it seems simple and easy to cook. Today I tried tomato dosa and it came out very well didn’t required chutney and all :D…waiting for more receipes from you.
Thanks!!!!
Thank you Ramya for your kind feed back.
Madam,
I have a doubt. Is it raw rice flour or fried rice flour?
Thank you
It is raw rice flour.
Hey, really nice blog and lovely recipes. Keep up the good work.
Thank you Farmina.
am going to try, looks delisious and simple. thank you mam, every day am trying yr recipies only.
Hi Kamala Mam,
Last week, I have sent u some message’s in the below mentioned site(ur koozh-vadam recipe). I’m eagerly waiting for your advises for the messages I have sent to u.
https://www.kamalascorner.com/snacks/koozh-vadam.html
Thank u. suchithra
Its very usefull recipies .thanks for mam kamala
we made it today mam, nice……thanks
I followed the recipe but my dosa turned out rubbery n thick i used roasted rava was that a blunder ?
The matter may be thick and sometimes roasted rawa will not soak quickly. And also quality of the rice flour also make the difference. If you find it difficult to make with rawa, then add the tomato puree to the regular idli batter and try.
Hi mam
I could not find uttappam recipe here. Pls guide me if it is there
Thank you
I have already posted utappam recipe. Check here for the recipe: https://www.kamalascorner.com/breakfast/oothappam.html
Happy pongal kamala
Wonderful dishes from your heart.
And a big thing to introduce this Anapurana (food) to young children to sinerors.
Healthy &I love receipies.
Best wishes
Viji (Australia)
Wishing you and your family a very Happy Pongal. Thank you for your kind words.
oh! thanks for sharing this tomato dosa,, its really so tasty especially with coconut chutuny…
Thank you Aswini.