Watermelon Rind Dosa

Watermelon Rind Dosa is a sweet Pancake made using watermelon or just the rind(white part of watermelon) This is a soft and spongy pancake using all healthy Ingredients


Usually after eating watermelon, we through away the Rind of watermelon. Instead you can use it to make watermelon flavoured dosas called Surnali's(soft spongy doas) can even make Neer dosa, Recipe for watermelon neer dosa

For this Sweet Dosa ingredients needed:

DosaRice :2 cups 

Methi seeds(fenugreek): 1tsp

Coconut 1 cup

White part of watermelon: 1+1/2cup

Jagerry or Thin Jagery: 2cups

Ghee: 1-2 sps for Frying

Note: I have made a small quantity using just 1 cup Dosa Rice

Procedure is as follows:

Just soak DosaRice along with Methi seeds for 4-5 hrs

Later wash the soaked rice 2 times & Add coconut in a blender

Then add the watermelon rinds to the blender along with very little water

Then grind all the ingredients to a  thick fine paste

Leave it to ferment for 4-5 hrs or Overnite

While making dosa add Thin jaggery(availble in organic stores)

Or else you can melt normal jaggery and add to the batter

Leave it to rest for 10 min

On a  nonstick pan grease with 1sp Ghee.

Add a laddle full of batter in middle don't spread let it form a thick pancake

Cook with lid for 2 min each side then turn around...

Note: You can even add Flattened rice(Poha) soaked 1/2 cup to the rice mix
If you want more spongy you can grind the batter with Buttermilk or curd 1/2 cup
If your batter has not fermented you can even add soda pinch just before making dosas

Here is Watermelon Rind Dosa soft and spongy pancake ready to serve