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    Home » Vegetables » Carrot » Carrot Coin Dosai

    Carrot Coin Dosai

    Posted on July 26, 2017 · Last Updated on January 3, 2022 · By Srividhya G · 25 Comments

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    This Carrot Coin Dosai is the kid’s friendly carrot flavored coin dosa/uttapam. The perfect kid-friendly lunch box – healthy and delicious, too.

    Cute Carrot Coin Dosai in a big tray

    Carrot Coin Dosai

    The third recipe that I am going to post under the theme Lunch Box Recipes is the Coin dosa, precisely Carrot Coin Dosa. With idli/dosa batter, you can make zillion recipes, and one among them is this carrot dosa. As kiddo likes mess-free, grab and go dishes, I prepare small dosa like coins – hence, the name. He calls this kutti dosai.

    I bookmarked this carrot dosa recipe from Nalini’s cooking last year, and I tried it right away. I did modify the recipe as per our liking, errr kiddo’s liking. :-)

    In fact, I skipped the addition of onions and tamarind while making the carrot paste and included cilantro instead. We all love this carrot and cilantro flavored dosa. It has become one staple at our household. Like mushroom paniyaram, you prepare the carrot mix/paste first and mix it with dosa batter and make these dosas.

    If you are following me on IG, you would have seen the making of these coin dosas.

    A lot of Carrot Coin Dosai served with a spoon and a side

    I do not carry mini uttapam pan/tawa. I just use my regular dosa tawa to prepare this dosa. And I use the one tbsp measure spoon to scoop the batter. I drop about 1 tbsp batter on the tawa, and I don’t spread them out. So basically I make about six to seven coin dosas /uttapam at a time like below.

    Drop batter on the tawa

    Check out the other lunch box recipes that I posted under this theme this year and last year,

    • Ridgegourd Rice
    • Mushroom Paniyaram
    • Ghee Bhaath
    • Veggie Sandwich
    • Broccoli Paratha
    • Thukpa

    And you can find other recipes under the category lunch box recipes. Now here comes this carrot dosa recipe.

    Carrot Coin Dosai in a metal lunch box

    Carrot Coin Dosai

    Ingredients:

    • Idli/Dosa batter – 2 cups
    • Salt – ½ tsp
    • Oil – as required for preparing dosa.
    • Water – 2 tbsps to soak the red chili.

      To Grind:

    • Grated Carrot – 1 cup heaped. (I used two medium carrots)
    • Red chili – 2
    • Cilantro – 2 tbsp

      To Temper:

    • Oil – 2 tsps
    • Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
    • Urad Dal – 1 tsp
    • Channa Dal – 1 tsp
    • Hing – ¼ Tsp

    Prep – Work:

    • Wash the carrots, peel the skin and grate them.
    • Soak the red chilies in water until you grate the carrot or for about 5 to 10 minutes.
    • Chop the cilantro and set aside.

    Preparing the Carrot Paste:

    Grind together the carrot, soaked red chili with water and cilantro

    • Grind together the carrot, soaked red chili with water and cilantro together into a smooth paste.

    Preparing the tempering:

    • Heat the tadka vessel and add the oil.
    • Once the oil is hot add the mustard seeds, urad dal, hing and channa dal.
    • As it starts to splutter, turn off the heat.

    Preparing Carrot Dosa Batter and the Coin Dosa:

    Adding the ground paste and salt, and tempering

    • Add the ground paste, salt, and the tempering to two cups of dosa batter and mix well.
    • Make sure the carrot paste is well incorporated.

    Heating the tawa or the griddle

    • Now heat the tawa or the griddle and drop about 1 tbsp of dosa batter on the tawa. I usually prepare 6 to 7 at a time.
    • Spread a little bit of oil around the edges and let it cook for the minute.
    • Then flip the dosa and allow it cook for a 1 minute or so.
    • That’s it. Now remove the dosas and similarly prepare the coin dosa with the remaining batter.

    Serve hot with chutney or sambar.

    Serving Carrot Coin Dosai hot and with chutney

    Notes:

    • Make sure the dosa batter is not cold.
    • Also prepare the dosa over medium heat, so that the dosa doesn’t turn brown.
    • Adjust the salt and red chili as per your preference.
    • You can include onions while preparing the carrot paste.
    • Instead of coin dosa, you can prepare regular dosa with this batter or uttapam with this batter as well.
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    Carrot Coin Dosai

    This Carrot Coin Dosai is the kid’s friendly carrot flavored coin dosa/uttapam. The perfect kid-friendly lunch box - healthy and delicious, too.
    Prep Time20 mins
    Cook Time10 mins
    Total Time30 mins
    Course: Breakfast, tiffin
    Cuisine: Indian, South Indian
    Servings: 2
    Calories: 285kcal
    Author: Srividhya G

    Ingredients

    • 2 cups Idli/Dosa batter
    • ½ tsp Salt
    • 3 tbsp Oil as required for preparing dosa.
    • 2 tbsps Water

    To Grind

    • 1 cup Grated Carrot 1 cup heaped, I used two medium carrots
    • 2 Red chili
    • 2 tbsp Cilantro

    To Temper

    • 2 tsp Oil
    • 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
    • 1 tsp Urad Dal
    • 1 tsp Channa Dal
    • ¼ tsp Hing

    Instructions

    Prep - Work

    • Wash the carrots, peel the skin and grate them.
    • Soak the red chilies in water until you grate the carrot or for about 5 to 10 minutes.
    • Chop the cilantro and set aside.

    Preparing the Carrot Paste

    • Grind together the carrot, soaked red chili with water and cilantro together into a smooth paste.

    Preparing the tempering

    • Heat the tadka vessel and add the oil.
    • Once the oil is hot add the mustard seeds, urad dal, hing and channa dal.
    • As it starts to splutter, turn off the heat.

    Preparing the Carrot Dosa Batter and the Coin Dosa

    • Add the ground paste, salt, and the tempering to two cups of dosa batter and mix well.
    • Make sure the carrot paste is well incorporated.
    • Now heat the tawa or the griddle and drop about 1 tbsp of dosa batter on the tawa. I usually prepare 6 to 7 at a time.
    • Spread a little bit of oil around the edges and let it cook for the minute.
    • Then flip the dosa and allow it cook for a 1 minute or so.
    • That's it. Now remove the dosas and similarly prepare the coin dosa with the remaining batter.
    • Serve hot with chutney or sambar.

    Notes

    • Make sure the dosa batter is not cold.
    • Also prepare the dosa over medium heat, so that the dosa doesn't turn brown.
    • Adjust the salt and red chili as per your preference.
    • You can include onions while preparing the carrot paste.
    • Instead of coin dosa, you can prepare regular dosa with this batter or uttapam with this batter as well.
    • Adapted from Nalini’s Cooking.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 285kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 631mg | Potassium: 350mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 11147IU | Vitamin C: 68mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1mg

    I am not a nutritionist. The nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It varies depending upon the product types or brands.

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    Sending this recipe to BM#78. Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing this BM.
    Also sending this to Srivalli’s Kid’s Delight event, guest hosted by Priya Srinivasan, themed on Kids Lunch Box Recipes.

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    Filed Under: Breakfast / Tiffins, Carrot, Dosa Varieties, Vegetables Tagged With: Blogging Marathon, carrot coin dosa, carrot coin dosai, carrot dosa, carrot dosai, carrot mini dosa, carrot mini uttapam, carrot recipes, carrot uttapam, homemade carrot coin dosa, how to prepare carrot coin dosa, how to prepare carrot dosa, kids favorite, kids friendly, lunch box recipes, tiffin recipes

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    Comments

    1. Helena says

      February 16, 2020 at 7:47 pm

      5 stars
      Healthy and delicious lunch is hard to overestimate.

      Reply
    2. Priya Srinivasan says

      August 24, 2017 at 1:57 am

      such a cute dosa srividhya! so easy for the kids to pick it up and eat, lovely!

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        August 24, 2017 at 9:33 am

        Thanks Priya.

        Reply
    3. dpranita583 says

      August 16, 2017 at 6:31 am

      So nice recipes congratulation for good performance.

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        August 16, 2017 at 8:51 pm

        Thank you so much.

        Reply
    4. Jayashree says

      August 08, 2017 at 9:59 am

      Another tempting idea. I love all your posts under this theme.

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        August 09, 2017 at 7:57 am

        :-) Thanks

        Reply
    5. Mireille Roc (@ChefMireille) says

      August 07, 2017 at 8:32 pm

      these look so airy and light!

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        August 09, 2017 at 7:57 am

        Thank you.

        Reply
    6. Sapana says

      July 31, 2017 at 4:15 am

      Those mini carrot dosas are so cute and looks so tempting too.

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        August 03, 2017 at 6:57 pm

        Thanks Sapana.

        Reply
    7. Diego Lopes says

      July 27, 2017 at 8:36 am

      Yumm, these look like they’re so delicious! Thank you for sharing the ingredients and instructions, I’m definitely going to try it!!

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 29, 2017 at 10:06 pm

        Thanks a lot.

        Reply
    8. Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth says

      July 26, 2017 at 10:05 pm

      Such cute looking chinna dosai with a pretty shade of orange… lovely idea!

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 29, 2017 at 10:10 pm

        Thanks. :-)

        Reply
    9. Mayuri Patel says

      July 26, 2017 at 9:13 pm

      I’m sure even adults would love these cute little dosai in their lunch box. Lovely recipe.

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 29, 2017 at 10:14 pm

        Oh yeah :-) Thanks Mayuri.

        Reply
    10. pumpkinfarmfood says

      July 26, 2017 at 9:00 pm

      such beauties , my kind of food, when you make it in that bite size offerings, bookmarked

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 29, 2017 at 10:14 pm

        Thanks Pradanya. :-)

        Reply
    11. vaishalisabnani says

      July 26, 2017 at 5:15 pm

      Oh wow , so cute ! I love these bite sized Dosa’s , in fact whenever I see the mini version of food , I really like it . Kids naturally like it and we adults can portion control . Good pick .

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 29, 2017 at 10:20 pm

        Thanks a lot Vaishali.

        Reply
    12. lathiya says

      July 26, 2017 at 1:22 pm

      This looks too cute..great way of including veggies in kids lunch

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 29, 2017 at 10:18 pm

        Thanks Lathiya.

        Reply
    13. Jyoti says

      July 26, 2017 at 10:37 am

      Mini beauties.. Will love to have plateful of it

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        July 29, 2017 at 10:25 pm

        :-) Thanks

        Reply

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