Healthy wheat flour jaggery dosa or vella dosai which taste so delicious and is easy to make. Perfect for snacks or quick breakfast.
Vella Dosai
When we were little kids. We always used to annoy amma asking her to make something for evening snacks. But Amma was so consicous about our health, so she never deep fries anything. Instead she make this sweet pancakes for us. She used to make this with pure homemade ghee which Amma makes at home.
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Sometimes she throws some cashews or any nuts in that to make it more healthy and flavourful. As a kid we loved it a lot. Even now my sister ask my mom to make it often. Thinking about this reminds me about my childhood days.
What is Jaggery?
Jaggery is a non-centrifugal cane sugar that is traditionally consumed in the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Africa. It is a concentrated product made from cane juice and often date or palm sap, with no separation of molasses and crystals, and its colour ranges from golden brown to dark brown.
About Vella Dosai
Vella dosa is also known as godhumai inipu dosa or jaggery dosa. It is a sweet wheat flour pancakes sweetened with jaggery. It is so delicious that we make it very often.
When I was thinking about what dosa to make for today. I thought why not I make this dosa which I grew up with. Actually I made this for my mother and she totally enjoyed it.
The combination of wheat flour and jaggery is perfect in this dosa. I added some rice flour to make the dosa little crispier. You could do this without adding any rice flour too.
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Vella Dosai Ingredients
Wheat Flour - The addition of wheat flour adds fibre as well. With 1.8 g of fibre per dosa, these instant wheat flour dosas are an excellent choice for people suffering from heart disease or high cholesterol. Because they are not fermented, they can be eaten as a snack or for dinner by people who suffer from acidity.
Jaggery - Jaggery adds a caramel like flavour to the dosa.
Rice flour - Rice flour adds a crispy texture. to the dosa without affecting the texture.
Coconut - Amma used to add coconut for texture and taste.
How to Make Vella Dosai (Stepwise Pictures)
1)Take jaggery in a saucepan and add some water and bring it to a boil. Mix well so that the jaggery dissolves in the water.
2)Now jaggery is melted.
3)Now strain this mixture through a sieve and allow them to cool down.
4)Take wheat flour, salt, crushed cardamom, coconut in a bowl.
5)Add the cooled jaggery water and mix well so that it doesn't form any lump.
Add water slowly and mix well. Make it into a dosa batter.
6)Now Heat a tawa and make small pancakes out of it, drizzle oil or ghee around the sides, let it cook for a min. Once it is cooked, flip over and cook for 45 sec to 60 sec.
Remove and serve.
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Wheat Jaggery Pancakes Recipe | Godhumai Inipu Dosa | Vella Dosa Recipe
Equipment
- Sauce Pan
- Dosa Skillet
Ingredients
- 1 cup Wheat Flour
- ¼ cup Rice Flour
- ½ cup Jaggery grated
- 3 tbsp Fresh Coconut
- ½ tsp Ground Cardamom
- ½ tsp Salt
- 3 tbsp Ghee
- 1 cup Water
Instructions
- Take jaggery in a saucepan and add some water and bring it to a boil Mix well so that the jaggery dissolves in the water. Now strain this mixture through a sieve and allow them to cool down.
- Take wheat flour, salt, crushed cardamom, coconut in a bowl. Add the cooled jaggery water and mix well so that it doesn't form any lump.
- Add water slowly and mix well. Make it into a dosa batter.
- Now Heat a tawa and make small pancakes out of it, drizzle oil or ghee around the sides, let it cook for a min. Once it is cooked, flip over and cook for 45 sec to 60 sec.
- Remove and serve
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Srivalli
Will be good if kids eat this..
the mad
I ma drooling here. I love his dosa Aarthi I am coming over for any meal you serve me but please serve me this.
Sharmilee! :)
Congrats n the pageviews and wishing you many more to come....Wheat sweet dosa is my fav too.....yummy
Kanan
this is looking perfect... bookmarking it
Biny Anoop
we call it godhambu ada...love it
Chef Mireille
yummy sweet dosa...I could eat this like American style pancakes with syrup and I am sure it would be super yummy!
maha
looks yumm dear..loved ur idea..i think u started dosa`s mela...countless recipes u have..mind blowing...
Maha
Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi
love the color of the dosa!
Jayanthi
Looks delicious and yummy.
VineelaSiva
The dosa looks nice but i am not fan of sweet dosa.
Archana Vivek
Very nice one.
Suma Gandlur
You made me nostalgic. I used to love them as a kid.
Chitra
We too make this. looks nic e!!
Hema
Very tasty dosa, looks delicious..
Rajani S
Without doubt, my favorite dosa! Every single time I see this, I remember my grandma making this for me. I simply love it 🙂
Rajani S
Without doubt, my favorite dosa! Every single time I see this, I remember my grandma making this for me. I simply love it 🙂
Rajani S
Without doubt, my favorite dosa! Every single time I see this, I remember my grandma making this for me. I simply love it 🙂
Shilpakiran
first time for me .. thanks so much for sharing .. i am really goining to try this ..
veena krishnakumar
My mom would makes these. Looks so good
Cool Lassi(e)
My mom used to make this dosa pretty much the same way. Lovely evening snack.
Kalpana Sareesh
during my childhood days this was often made at home..
The Pumpkin Farm
my mom makes these and calls them malpuas 🙂 lovely recipe
PJ
This is sure to be a hit with the kids..
Jayasri Ravi
I have never dared to try this recipe.., My pati used to do this.., I am scared because my kids don't like to sweets much.., that's why I don't have too many sweet recipes in my blog.., May be i should try this sometime with very little batter and check out how it is taken, because I myself don't like too eat sweet dosas 🙂
Roja
i loved this sweet dosa. when i prepared the way u said, my amma liked it very much. thank you for the receipe
karthika v
Can we also add banana to this mixture and we can also make paniyaram out of it right..
Aarthi
@karthika vyes u can
Vishnupriya
Can I make the batter the previous night to pack lunch for kids the next day?
Aarthi
@Vishnupriyayes u can
Anonymous
Can we add eggs?
Aarthi
normally this recipe dont need eggs
Anonymous
What is the side dish for this?
Aarthi
u dont need any sidedish for this
Deepika
Hi I generally don't prefer coconut . So can that be avoided or does it require any alternative ?
saju
Like it. my kids like it
try this egg curry with this
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saju
Like it. my kids like it
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Bindu
Made this for breakfast today. Loved the taste. Thanks for sharing Aarti
Deep
For 1 year old, how long to cook the dosa on each side? Also should we cover it with lid ? And is it on medium heat ?
Aarthi
you can cook for 1 min. No need to cover the pan while cooking. Cook on medium heat.
Shanu
Hi! I don't have rice flour. What can I use in place of rice flour?
Aarthi
You can skip rice flour and make this with just wheat flour.