Broken Wheat Dosa or Wheat Rava Dosa is an instant breakfast item. You need only few ingredients which are always available in our Indian pantries. Make this instant wheat rava dosa which tastes delicious and tastes like hotel rava dosas. Broken wheat is a diabetic friendly pick and all other ingredients are also healthy. If you try this dosa recipe once then you will always opt this wheat rava dosa instead of our usual rava dosa.
Make a hotel like rava dosa with our recipe. Then you will never order a rava dosa from restaurants instead you will make it at home. It takes only 15 to 20 minutes to prepare. So it is a good choice at times when we feel lazy to cook.

Health Benefits of Broken Wheat
- Wheat Dalia is a diabetic friendly ingredient because of its complex carbohydrates that ensures a steady release of glucose in our blood.
- Because of its high fiber content, it helps in proper digestion and relieves constipation.
- It also helps in maintaining blood cholesterol levels.
- As it is loaded with lots of fiber, it helps in weight management.
- Wheat Dalia is a good source of proteins, vitamins and minerals.
About Broken Wheat Dosa
This Broken Wheat Dosa is a good alternative for our regular rava dosa and tastes like the same or even better. All ingredients are more healthier when compared to our regular rava dosa. I am very sure that if you try this Broken Wheat Dosa once, then it will become one of your usual tiffin items. It takes hardly 15 to 20 minutes to prepare. So this is a good option when you have no idly/ dosa batter at home. Make this delicious, hotel like crispy dosa at home and enjoy.
Ingredients
- Broken Wheat – Broken Wheat is the main ingredient and this may be replaced with Corn Rava, Rice Rava or with usual semolina. Soaking time will change accordingly.
- Wheat Flour – Wheat Flour is the binding agent of this recipe. It may be substituted with maida (all purpose flour).
- Rice Flour – Rice flour is added to give a crispiness to the dosa.
- Salt – Salt is added for seasoning
- Cumin Seeds – Cumin seeds give a nice flavor and taste. Also, helps in digestion.
- Pepper – Pepper is added to give a slight spiciness.
- Onion – Onion is added to give a crunchy bite. While dosa roasts, the onion also roasts together in oil will give a delicious taste.
- Asafetida – Asafetida is added for seasoning.
- Curry leaves – Curry leaves will give a nice aroma and may be replaced with coriander leaves.
How to make Broken Wheat Dosa?
Soak Broken wheat/ Samba rava/ Dalia in hot water for 15 minutes.

Take wheat flour, rice flour, cumin seeds, fined chopped onion, asafetida, chopped curry leaves and salt in large mixing bowl and add water. Leave it for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes mix this with a whisk. Ensure that there are no lumps and dry flour.

Now add soaked broken wheat to this mix and combine well with a whisk. Adjust consistency till pouring with required quantity of water.

Heat dosa tawa to smoky. Sprinkle some water and wipe with a cotton kitchen towel. Spray some oil and wipe. Now our tawa is ready. Take a ladle of batter and spread to form circle from the rim. Since our batter is thin, it will spread to the center to form dosa. If you have a flat tawa, swirl it to form dosa. Spread batter to form a thin layer on the tawa.


Spray some oil on the dosa. Let the dosa cook till crispy in a medium low flame. Transfer it to a plate. Then spray few drops of water on the tawa and wipe with a clean cloth. Now the tawa is ready for next dosa.

Tips
Soaking of broken wheat for 15 minutes in hot water is must otherwise the dosas will be chewy. Mix batter to thin watery consistency like the same way as we do for normal rava dosa.
Recipe Card
Broken Wheat Dosa
Ingredients
Instructions
Pre-Preparations
Take Broken Wheat in a bowl and pour equal quantity of hot water into it. Add water till broken wheat absorbs. Let it cool to room temperature.
In a mixing bowl, add rice flour, wheat flour and water. Don't mix immediately. Leave it aside for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes mix it with a whisk. Ensure that no dry flour left. Keep it aside.
Chop onions, curry leaves and green chili finely. Crush pepper into one and half.
Preparing Batter
In a large mixing bowl, add rice flour and wheat flour mixture, soaked broken wheat, all the remaining ingredients. Mix well with a whisk. Adjust salt and water.
Adjust consistency till pouring. The same consistency like normal rava dosa. Neither too thin not too thick.
Making Broken Wheat Dosa
Heat dosa tawa to smoky. Sprinkle some water and wipe with a cotton kitchen towel. Spray some oil and wipe. Now our tawa is ready.
Take a ladle of batter and spread to form circle from the rim. Since our batter is thin, it will spread to the center to form dosa. If you have a flat tawa, swirl it to form dosa. Spread batter to form a thin layer on the tawa.
Spray some oil on the dosa. Let the dosa cook till crispy in a medium low flame. Transfer it to a plate. Then spray few drops of water on the tawa and wipe with a clean cloth. Now the tawa is ready for next dosa.
Before preparing each dosa, spray few drops of water and wipe the tawa. If the tawa is too hot or with excess oil, dosa will not spread well.Now it is time to enjoy our crispy Broken Wheat Dosa with our favorite choice of chuyney or sambar.
Nutrition Facts
Servings 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 240kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 2g4%
- Saturated Fat 0.3g2%
- Sodium 696mg29%
- Potassium 183mg6%
- Total Carbohydrate 49.1g17%
- Dietary Fiber 5g20%
- Sugars 1.8g
- Protein 6.4g13%
- Calcium 34 mg
- Iron 3 mg
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Note
A good alternate to the usual Crispy Rava Dosa. An instant crispy delicious dosa that can be prepared in just 15 minutes.