Uttapam

Ingredients :

• 3 cups rice
• 1 cup urud dal
• salt to taste
• 1/4 tsp baking sada
• Finely Chopped onions, tomatoes, green chillies, ginger, cilantro leaves for topping.

Method :

• Soak rice and dal seperately for 5 - 6 hours.
• Grind rice and dal coarsely and mix together in a big vessel.
• Keep it for fermentation for 10 to 12 hours depending upon temperature outside.
• When the paste is raised upto top in the vessel, the paste, to prepare uttapam is ready.
• Add baking soda and salt to the paste according to your taste.
• Heat a Tawa(Flat Pan) and wipe with a damp cloth with oil and water.
• Pour1or 2 tbsps of paste in the center of the pan and spread into a thick circle.
• Now on top of the circle sprinkle chopped onions, chopped tomatoes, chopped green chillies,finely chopped ginger and a little bit of chopped cilantro leaves.
• Spread little oil around the circle.
• Press all the toppings little bit with the help of laddle.
• Turn it over when it is golden-brown at the bottom side.
• Now when it becomes golden from the other side too, take it out from pan.
• If you want you can sprinkle a little bit of chat masala or any other spicy masala on top of it.
• Serve it hot with Sambar, coconut chutney, tomato chutney.