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Ragi Dosa (South Indian Millet and Rice Pancake)

Name: Ragi Dosa (South Indian Millet and Rice Pancake)
Total time: 1515 min
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 2 cups ragi (finger millet); 2 cups rice; 1 cup urad dal; Salt, to taste

Ragi dosa is a traditional food in Karnataka India (especially South Karnataka). It can be served with onion and garlic chutney.

Published October 16, 2026

EST. TOTAL TIME1d 1h

DIFFICULTYMedium

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What you’ll need

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2 cups ragi (finger millet)
2 cups rice
1 cup urad dal
Salt, to taste

Let’s make it

Step 1
Soak ragi, rice and urad dal separately in water for 5 hours.
Step 2
Grind the soaked rice with water first and next with urad dal and ragi (both) with water.
Step 3
Mix up all the ground batter. Leave it for about 10 hours to ferment.
Step 4
After 10 hours put some salt as per your taste to the batter and water if needed.
Step 5
Take a cup of batter and spread it onto a hot tava.

Ragi Dosa (South Indian Millet and Rice Pancake)

What you’ll need

Let’s make it

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