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This is another South Indian dish. Ingredients can be found at you local Indian grocery store.
UTHAPPAM
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Rice 3 cups
Urad dal 1 cup with fenugreek (methi) seeds 1/8 tsp
chana dal 1/4 cup
cooked rice 1/2 cup
Wash and soak rice, and dals separately for 3 hours. Grind the urad dal (and methi) in blender until fine and put into a deep bowl. Grind rice in blender until slightly grainy. Put in the chana dal and grind well. Add in the cooked rice too and grind until fine. Put the ground rice mixture into the ground urad dal, add 2 tsp salt and mix well and leave covered at room temp. for batter to rise (6 hours in warm weather or in the oven with the light on in cold weather).
Chop onions, green chillies, curry leaves and mix well (no salt). chopped ginger/tomatoes/coriander leaves can also be added with the onions and chillies.
Heat a griddle until a little water sprinkled on it splutters. Mix the batter well with a ladle and spoon one ladleful of batter on to griddle. Spread it just a little. sprinkle the onion mixture on to the batter. drizzle a teaspoon of cooking oil on the top and sides of batter and cover with a saucepan lid. cook for 5 mins. or until you see holes in the uthappam batter. Remove lid and turn uthappam over to cook other side. Remove when done and serve with coconut chutney. (see previous post for coconut chutney recipe)
Enjoy!!!
PS: Phil, let me know how it goes.
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