Learn how to make simple and delicious Pav Bhaji Dosa with step by step pictures. Homemade Pav Bhaji Dosa recipe with cheese and butter!
If I am given a choice to choose one food on my death bed – without a blink, I would say dosa. I kid not. Although I love soft fluffy idlis, it is dosa that is my absolute favorite. I am always willing to eat dosa any time of the day and in fact for every meal too 😀 This blog is no stranger to the many dosa recipes I have posted, including some very healthy variations. Do check out the Dosa Varieties here, if you love dosa as much as me 🙂
Dosa is a staple breakfast recipe in South India and has been so popular all over North India too. The recipe for a regular dosa (saada dosa) is very simple and much like the idli recipe, however there are some measurement differences. Just like the idli recipe, every household has their own variation and I follow the recipe that has been in our family for ages! I will post a detailed recipe on dosa soon but for quick check, my notes below has my basic recipe that I use.
Today’s recipe is a very simple “use left-overs” recipe that is popular in any dosa joint. Pav Bhaji dosa is a dosa spread with yummilious pav bhaji inside and wrapped together. When I make Pav Bhaji, I always make a little extra – I love it so much that I cant resist. The next day, all I have to do is heat it up, spread it on hot fresh dosas for a great meal. Just amazing as it is, tastes out of the world with coconut chutney. For a finger licking version, a layer of cheese on top would be great too! 🙂
How to Make Pav Bhaji Dosa
📖 Recipe
Pav Bhaji Dosa
MEASUREMENT
1 cup = 250ml, 1 tablespoon = 15ml, 1 teaspoon = 5ml
Ingredients
- 2 cups Dosa Batter recipe link in notes
- 1 cup Pav Bhaji recipe link in notes
- 1 Onion Finely Chopped Onion ~⅓ cup
- Oil/Butter as needed to spread on dosa
- Cheese as needed optional, I didn’t use any
- Lemon Wedge optional
Instructions
- Heat a flat pan/dosa tawa and set it on medium flame. Take a big ladle full of dosa batter and pour it on the hot pan. Quickly spread the dosa batter into a thin circle. Sprinkle few drops of oil all around. Take 2-3 tablespoon of Pav Bhaji and place it at the center.
- Spread Pav Bhaji all over the dosa and let it cook until the bottom is golden brown. Sprinkle some finely chopped onions all over the Pav Bhaji spread on the dosa. If adding, sprinkle grated cheese on top. Once the dosa is golden brown on the bottom, gently remove it from the pan by loosening the sides. Fold each end towards the center. Remove from heat. Repeat the same with rest of the batter.
- Serve hot with coconut chutney!
Notes
- Checkout Dosa Batter recipe.
- Checkout Pav Bhaji recipe.
- Lemon juice can be sprinkled on the pav bhaji – optional.
- Cheese and onion is also optional.
- Can be served as it is, hot. Dosas remain crisp when hot.
Detailed Step By Step Picture Recipe to Make Pav Bhaji Dosa
1. Heat a flat pan/dosa tawa and set it on medium flame. Take a big ladle full of dosa batter and pour it on the hot pan. Quickly spread the dosa batter into a thin circle. Sprinkle few drops of oil all around. Take 2-3 tablespoon of Pav Bhaji and place it at the center.
2. Spread Pav Bhaji all over the dosa and let it cook until the bottom is golden brown. Sprinkle some finely chopped onions all over the Pav Bhaji spread on the dosa. If adding, sprinkle grated cheese on top. Once the dosa is golden brown on the bottom, gently remove it from the pan by loosening the sides. Fold each end towards the center. Remove from heat. Repeat the same with rest of the batter.
3. Serve hot with coconut chutney!
Recipe Notes
- Checkout Dosa Batter recipe.
- Checkout Pav Bhaji recipe.
- Lemon juice can be sprinkled on the pav bhaji – optional.
- Cheese and onion is also optional.
- Can be served as it is, hot. Dosas remain crisp when hot.
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Cook with Smile..
Love every bite of this .
chcooks
Thanks dear 🙂
anyone4curryandotherthings
Namaskaram, and yes - yes - yes! Like you, I like idlis occasionally but dosas.......oh! Very difficult to resist ?. With cheese? Absolutely not, love love cheese, but not on dosas. Pav bhaji, potato curry, chives....... delicious.thanks
chcooks
Hahaha 😀 I love cheese so much that I dont mind it on dosa too! Believe it, cheese tastes good with pav bhaji dosa 🙂
The Girl Next Door
I love dosas, and I am forever looking for new varieties of dosas. I have been wanting to make paavbhaji dosa for quite some time now. Never got around to it. Now, you inspire me to try it out, soon. 🙂
I love paavbhaji too, so this should be a winning combination for me.
What a coincidence that I posted about a different kind of dosa yesterday too - a pizza dosa that had been on my mind for oh so long. Check this out: https://thegalnxtdoor.wordpress.com/2016/09/22/dosa-pizza-indo-italian-fusion-recipe/
chcooks
I am sure you would love this Pav Bhaji dosa, TGND 🙂 Will check out your dosa pizza!
Nadia
What is dosa rice and idli rice please?
chcooks
Hi Nadia.. Idli rice is the parboiled rice and Dosa rice is the raw rice - different by the way the rice is processed. I will put up a picture of both the recipes in my detailed post about dosa. But these should be available in Indian stores.
Antonia
Your dosas look scrumptious!
chcooks
Thanks Antonia 🙂
chefjulianna
Wow, this looks so delicious! I really must learn how to make dosas! Thanks a bunch for this post! 😀
chcooks
Thanks so much! 🙂
FrugalHausfrau
Oooh this looks so wonderful! I love the photos and can't even imagine the level of skill to make them so beautiful! And no cheese for me either!
Happy Fiesta Friday!
chcooks
Thank you so much! 🙂 Haha, sure no cheese!
Freda @ Aromatic essence
I could just grab this off the screen !! So tempting !
chcooks
Aww thanks much Freda 🙂
Johanne Lamarche
My husband just arrived in India today to teach sustainable rice growing practices as an ambassador for Mars Inc who makes Uncle Bens rice. I hope he can enjoy pav bhaji dosa as good as yours look!
chcooks
Oh wow, thats great to know! I hope your husband found good dosa in India 🙂
Lynz Real Cooking
This looks so good!
chcooks
Thanks much Lynn 🙂
Jhuls
Dosa looks like a crepe to me. 😀 I haven't tried one, and I am very eager to. This looks delicious!
chcooks
It is a crepe but made with rice 🙂 Wish I could send some over for yoy to try!