# Dosa (Indian Crepe) Creations
> Let kids order fun shapes like a leaf, flower, Mickey or spider while an adult ladles dosa, pancake or crepe batter onto a hot griddle to make them. Serve with a sprinkle of sugar or a Nutella face for a cheerful breakfast.
- URL: https://www.funlittles.com/dosa-indian-crepe-creations/
- Ages: 3–8 yrs · Difficulty: medium · Mess: medium
- Time: prep 10 min, activity 20 min
- Works for: one-on-one, small group
- Skills: shapes, creativity, cultural-food, language
- Cautions: dairy, nuts, wheat-gluten, egg, soy

## Materials (one batch)
- Dosa batter (store-bought)
- Ghee (clarified butter) or oil
- 1 piece Seasoned griddle (tawa) or flat pan (household)
- 1 piece Ladle (household)
- 1 piece Spatula (household)
- 1 piece Plates (household)
- Sugar (optional) (household)
- Nutella (optional)
- Small balloons (optional)
- 1 piece Marker (optional) (household)
- Sticks (e.g. lollipop or wooden sticks) (optional)
- Muffins (optional)

## Substitutions
- Instead of dosa batter: Pancake batter or crepe batter (The author says you can recreate these shapes and more with pancake or crepe batter.)
- Instead of ghee or oil: Oil only (Dosas are greased with oil or ghee. Oil skips the clarified butter.)
- Instead of nutella: A sprinkle of sugar (The picky eater's favorite topping.)

## Safety
- Adult does all the cooking: the griddle is hot, so keep kids back from the stove while they 'place their orders'.
- Let dosas cool a little before serving.
- Nutella contains hazelnuts and milk. Ghee is dairy. Pancake and crepe batters usually contain wheat, egg and milk. Check labels on store-bought dosa batter too.
- Balloons: uninflated or popped balloons are a choking hazard for young children. Supervise closely and throw away broken pieces right away.
- Remove balloon sticks from muffins before kids eat them.

## Before you start
- Pick up refrigerated dosa batter from an Indian grocery store, or have pancake or crepe batter ready.
- Let kids think up the shapes they want to 'order' (leaf, flower, Mickey, spider…).

## Steps
1. Let your child 'ring up an order' and choose a shape: leaf, flower, Mickey or spider.
2. Adult: heat a seasoned griddle and grease it lightly with oil or ghee.
3. Adult: ladle batter onto the griddle and spread it into a leaf shape with the back of the ladle.
4. For Mickey, swirl a round face and add two small circles for ears.
5. For a flower, make a center circle and ring it with small round petals.
6. For a spider, make a body and drizzle thin lines of batter for the legs.
7. Adult: flip each dosa to toast both sides.
8. Let it cool a little, then serve with a sprinkle of sugar or draw a smiley face with Nutella.

## Tips
- My picky eater prefers it crispy with sugar sprinkled over it. We sometimes jazz it up with Nutella too. Yumm!
- A leaf-shaped dosa is an easy first shape to start with.
- Traditionally dosa is served hot with sambar, a thick lentil and veggie soup, and coconut chutney.
- We did this amidst the hurry to make it to school on time, and we still made it on time!
- Don't count on them eating every creation. She made 'ME' eat them all, saying 'Eat them mommy, they are good for you!'

## The original post by TurkeyMom (2012)

If you like Indian food, then you have probably heard and devoured dosas (masala dosa anyone ??). Waking up to warm dosas, made with ghee (clarified butter) is one of the most tempting and heavenly aromas ! My picky eater prefers it crispy with sugar sprinkled over them. We sometimes jazz it up with Nutella too - Yumm !

**Dosa** is a traditional breakfast dish , very popular in south India. It's very similar to crepe, its made from rice, black lentils and fenugreek .The batter is fermented and ladled onto a seasoned hot griddle and thinned out with the back of the ladle and greased with oil or ghee. It is then flipped to toast both sides and served hot. Traditionally served with sambar, a thick soup made from lentils and veggies and coconut chutney.

Now, you can recreate these and create more using pancake batter or crepe batter! Or if you want to try dosa - check out the refrigerated isle at your local Indian grocery store for "Dosa" batter.

It was a usual school day, but everybody woke up with the most quirky mood ! It was breakfast time , and my girl was ringing up orders.

Big S : Mommy can you make me a leaf dosa?

Leaf dosa??? For being the lil' chef that she is, I wondered, is she talking about adding some spinach or some green leafy stuff to the batter? May be I should give it a try ! Folks, keep your eyes out for a speciality dosa post !

Coming back to our little cook-off in the kitchen, She just wanted a leaf-shaped dosa! Not a problem.. its easy I thought… and that’s what I crafted on the griddle. She was in dosa heaven !



But her orders dint stop there..She knew i had fallen for dosa crafting on that very morning, amidst the hurry to make it to school on time ! We continued and crafted flower, mickey and a spider too!







Now, did you think she ate all four? Are you kidding me? She made ‘ME’ eat them all - saying – ***Eat them mommy, they are good for you !***

Then she says - Mommy , Can we have some dessert for Breakfast ???

Ha.. I got this one .. We always have balloons and decided to use it for some decoration . I know it'll put a big smile on her face.



Lets make everyday special ! It was indeed a cheerful morning .

And, just so you all know, we made it to school on Time .

Thanks for reading

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