South Indian Mylari Dosa: Make Mysore’s Iconic Breakfast Staple At Home

By Shreya Sarpal

August 17, 2025

Mylari dosa is a famous Mysore speciality, known for its small, soft, and slightly fluffy texture. Unlike crisp dosas, it’s cooked in generous butter, served with coconut chutney, and often filled with a mild potato masala.

Ingredients

1 cup dosa rice ½ cup urad dal 2 tbsp poha ¼ tsp methi (fenugreek) seeds Salt to taste Butter Potato masala (for filling) Coconut chutney (for serving)

Step 1

Wash rice, urad dal, and methi seeds separately, then soak the rice with methi for 4–5 hours and the urad dal for 4 hours.

Step 2

Soak poha for 20 minutes before grinding.

Step 3

First, grind the urad dal until fluffy, then grind the rice, methi, and poha until smooth, then mix both batters with salt and ferment overnight until airy.

Step 4

Heat a cast-iron tawa on medium and grease lightly.

Step 5

Pour a ladleful of batter, gently spread into a small thick circle, drizzle butter around edges and on top.

Step 6

Once golden at the base, flip, cook briefly on the other side, and add more butter.

Step 7

Serve hot with coconut chutney and optional potato masala filling.