Monday, October 19, 2009

Uthappam




Uthappam is a type of dosa which will be thick it will be really soft there many types of uthappam like tomato uthappam,onion uthappam etc...this is just plain uthappam.

Ingredients:

To grind:

BoiledRice/idly rice - 1 cup
Raw rice(pacha arisi) - 1 cup
Urad dhal(ulandham parupu) - 1/2 cup
Methi seeds(vendhayam) - 1 table spoon
Salt - as needed

To garnish:

Onion -1 1/2 medium sized(chop it finely)
Green chilly - 3 nos(chop it finely)
Coriander leaves - 4 table spoon
Channa dhal( kadalai parupu) - 1 1/2 table spoon
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Urad dhal (ulundham parupu) - 1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaves - 7 leaves (optional)
Oil - 2 table spoons

Method :

1.Wash and soak the things that should be ground and allow it to ferment over night.The next day you can see the batter will be raised.

2.Now in a kadai pour the oil when it get hot add mustard when it splatters add channa dhal ,urad dhal when they turn to golden brown add the chopped onions along with curry leaves and green chilly ,when the onion turns transparent stop the flame.

3. Now mix the fried onion,salt, coriander leaves(chop the leaves really fine).Now the batter is ready .

4.Now place the dosa tawa in the stove when it gets hot grease it with oil and pour 1/4 cup of batter and spread it in circular motion make the circle really small because uthappam is supposed to be thick and small.Now pour oil to its sides and cover it with the lid.

5.After a 15 seconds using the spatula flip the dosa so that it gets cooked in other side too.

Now Uthappam is ready... If you have lot of holes in the uthappam then it shows that your uthappam is soft....


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