The literal translation of Neer Dosa is “Water Dosa” in Kannada! Since my maternal family is from Mangalore, we used to have Neer Dosas during our childhood vacations in Mangalore and even get bored of it! But later when I had to make it myself and it didn’t ‘seem’ easy, I was missing and craving for it!!
The batter for this dosa is very runny made of only Rice and water blended together; and salt of course. It is so light, that you can go on eating and never get full. At least that is the case with me, more so since I was not making this dosa as a regular item on my menu until I mastered it. I took some time to perfect Neer Dosa, not because it is difficult but because of the hype on how it requires a knack and special way of pouring the runny batter on to the tawa/griddle. My aunt is an expert in Neer dosa, she post graduated in Neer Dosa and can make these dosas even on a bad day in the kitchen.. what does that mean? I don’t know. Whenever I visit her, she makes sure I am stuffed with enough Neer dosas and it always ends in how to make it like her, so soft, yet crispy and amazing. Hence I watched it first hand at her place and finally decided to throw out all inhibitions away and started myself. And it came out very well. Guess we just need to take the first step!!