Basic Batter
Ingredients
1 cup urad dal 2 cups rice
1/2 cup poha 2 teaspoon sugar
Salt to taste
Method
Wash and Soak urad dal and rice together in plenty of water.
If you soak in the evening then next evening wash the soaked dal and rice very well in fresh water. add poha and keep soaked for 10 minutes.
In a mixer, grind dal, rice and poha mixture. The batter should she very little grainy- using water as required.
If the mixture is thick add little water to get semi thick consistency.
Keep the ground mixture overnight.
If not using immediately then keep in the fridge till ready to use.
When ready to use add salt to taste appox 2 teaspoon and 2 teaspoon sugar. mix well.
To Make dosa: heat non stick pan to just warm.
Take an onion and cut into 2. put 1/4 teaspoon oil on tava and spread with onion.
Pour 2 tablespoonof batter on tava and spread it into a thin layer.
pour 1 teaspoon oil on it. once the underside is done flip it and do the other side, Serve hot with chutney and sambhar.
Dosa |
For Utapam: pour a thick dosa. sprinkle some chopped onions, green coriander and chopped green chillies. once the underside is done flip over and cook till onions turn brown.
Rajul, how is poha added to the batter? It is only mentioned in the ingredient list.
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The poha is added 10 minutes to the rice and dal mixture before you grind them. so that poha has time to become soft.
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