Watermelon rind dosa, a south indian style pancake made with white pith of the watermelon. A recipe that makes use of the part that is usually discarded as trash.
I m making dosa with all unimaginable ingredients, atleast for me. But i m enjoying the variety and the flavors with each dosa and the chutney. Today’s recipe too is from a different ingredient, Watermelon rind.
Watermelon rind, what is it?
What is it? The white part, sandwiched between the tough green skin and the juicy pinky melon, is the rind.
I have come across some exotic watermelon rind recipes like chutney, kootu, smoothies too. But since i was making dosas, i wanted a dosa recipe with this ingredient.
As i was blog-hopping, i went thru some authentic kannada recipe blogs and i landed on this recipe here. My happiness knew no bounds, yet another no ferment, grind and pour addition to my dosa menu.
This dosa has to be served hot, straight from the tava. So, it is not good for lunch boxes. Serve it hot with a spicy chutney and enjoy an amazing breakfast.
The Ingredients
Watermelon rind, is the hero ingredient here. I have scrapped the white pith of 1/2 of a big watermelon and got around 2 cups of it
Raw Rice, i have used sona masuri variety of rice for this recipe. You can also try using half idly rice and half raw rice for this.
Flavorings i have added chilies, coriander and fresh coconut to add flavor the simple dosa recipe. Apart from this, you can also chopped onions, ginger and coriander leaves too.
Watermelon rind dosa
Equipment
- Indian style mixie or any heavy blender
Ingredients
- 2 cups raw rice i used sona masuri
- 2 cups watermelon rind the white pith
- 3 nos green chilies
- ¼ cup freshly grated coconut or frozen
- 1 tsp salt or to taste
- handful of fresh curry leaves
- handful of fresh crinaer leaves
- gingely oil for making dosas or any oil of your choice
Flavorings
- 2 nos medium sized onions or 1 cup finely chopped onions
- 1 tsp cumin seeds /jeera
- 1 tsp shredded ginger
Instructions
- Wash and soak rice in water for 2-3 hours. After the soaking time, drain the water, take the rice along with watermelon rind, coconut, chilies, curry leaves and ginger.
- Grind it to a smooth batter. I used my mixer and ground the batter in batches. Take care not to grind all at once, your mixer might conk off. So, divide the ingredients into two batches and grind.
- I didn't add any water to the batter while grinding, the watermelon rind has enough water to help in grinding. After grinding, remove the batter to a clean vessel. Let the batter sit for 15 minutes.
- Add chopped onion, salt, cumin seeds and ginger to the batter and give it a good stir.
To Make the dosa
- To make the dosa, heat a tava/pan, add a tsp of oil to the tava when it is hot, wipe it well with a tissue or a cloth. Pour a ladle of batter in the center, spread a little, but, not too thin.
- Dot the edges with gingely oil,make a hole in the center and add lil oil there too. Cover and cook for a minute.
- Flip the dosa, and cook the other side for another minute. Remove the dosa on to a serving plate, serve hot along with any chutney of your choice.
- I served it with Karivebu soppina chutney/curry leaves chutney
Notes
- Make the dosa’s a bit thick like adai or a pancake.
- This dosa tastes better when served hot straight off the tava.
I served this exotic dosa, with curry leaves chutney. You can also pair it with some other interesting chutney.
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Wow, i have tried kootu and curries with this watermelon rinds but yet to try dosas with, now i know where to come if am plan to make this dosas.
This is super awesome. Instead of thrashing, turning them into a dosa is simply superb.
Seriously , you are coming up with all kinds of dosa and am having a virtual feast everyday.
Very innovative dosa Priya, looks delicious:)
My mom used to make curry with this rind, but using it in dosa is quite unusual. You are really coming up with different varieties of dosas..
Beautiful combination Priya that's a real find..btw..have you hear of watermelon rind halwa?..yes I have it on the blog..heheheh..we are a crazy lot no doubt…however I love how you are able to find such wonderful combinations with the chutneys starting with the same letter..awesome girl!
Such a wonderful find from the letter K. I loved your version of the dosa. I have heard about this dish before, but now I know how to make it too!
Wanted to try this because I made halwa and curry and sambar with this watermelon rind. As Valli said we crazy enough to try all this haa. What a array of dosas you are posting Priya fantastic. and the combinations are simply superb..
I am just amazed at how you are able to make combo dishes starting with the same letters. Lovely choice and I would have never thought about making dosai with watermelon rind.
I like the theme of dosas that u have selected !! super brains ma ungalodudhu – main dish and pairing from the same alphabet !!
Wow!!!How do you come up with all these recipe. Looks very nice