Monday, October 29, 2007

Uttapa

Ingredients
Urad Dal - 1 cup
Rice - 2 cups
Methi Seeds (fenu greek seeds) - 1 tbsp
Poha - 1/4 cup

For uttapa special
Onion - 1/2 cup finely chopped
Green Chillies - 5 or 6 numbers finely chopped
Coriander - Finely chopped
Coconut - Finely grated

Procedure
Take all the above ingredients in a bowl. Clean/Wash well with clean water. Add sufficient water (a little above the total ingredients) to this bowl and set aside for 4 hours. Remove the excess water from the bowl. Put all the above in Grinder/Mixture jar and grind well. Add water to make a fluid paste. Ferment this batter overnight. Next day morning add salt to this batter and beat well to make it ready. Add Onion's and Green Chillies and 1tbsp of cumin seeds to this and mix well. Take non-stick frying pan and heat it for a minute. Take the batter and pour the batter for thick uttapa. Add oil to the edges and in the middle and heat well on both sides.Garnish this with finely chopped coriander and finely grated coconut.

Author's Note
Uttapa is much thicker than Dosa, so make sure that you pour sufficient amount of batter for a thick uttapa. Uttapa goes so very well with Idli Chutney and Coconut Chutney.

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