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Uttapam

Uttapam, Uttapa, Utthapa, Uththaappam - One dish and so many names. Uttapam is a preparation that comes from South India. Every home in South India is well acquainted with this dish. Mostly made for the breakfast or as evening snack, Uttapam is a fulfilling food filled with a lot of nutritional value.

Uttapam, unike other South Indian Dishes which come in variations of filled dishes, is thick, not filled and round in shape. Its preparation, once the batter is made, does not takes more than 5 minutes.

Uttapam

Ingredients :

100gms Urad Dal
25 gms Chana Dal
1 tsp cumin seeds
100gms Butter or Ghee
1 large finely chopped onion
2 - 3 large tomatoes, balnched and finely chopped
Salt to taste

To be ground :
Wash the Urad Dal and Chana Dal in running water and then soak them in drinking water overnight. In the morning grind them in a electric grinder to make a semi - solid paste/batter. Keep this paste for one more day in a fully covered metal vessel for the yeast to form. Once the yeast is formed, it is used to make uttapams.

Preparation Method

Take the batter. add salt to it. Then add the sliced onions and chillies to it. Then take a non - stick tawa/pan and put it on a burner and heat it at medium heat. Once so heated put 1 tsp of oil on the tawa. Now take one cup of batter , and spread it on the tawa. Pour 1 tsp oil on all the sides of the batter. Then flip the side of the Uttapam and pour slight oil on it. When it is slightly reddish in color, put it on the platter. Serve it hot with Sambar and Chutney.

Our Suggestions

Uttapams are usually served as Breakfast. But uttapams are rarely served alone. They are usually accompanied with Sambar and Nariyal Ki Chutney (Coconut Sauce).
Uttapams can be stored for a couple of hours, 6 - 7 hrs in a day. Its good to store them in a closed vessel which is NOT air tight. Re - heat them before serving if stored.
In the Summer season (March - June), it takes less to time for the batter to yield yeast; in winter it has to be kept overnight to ferment. In any case, it better to prepare Uttapams in the winters.
Powder of Uttapams is easily available in the Indian Markets. This Paste when mixed in water makes the batter for Uttapams. One pack of 500gms is good enough for 8 people.
Variants of Uttapams can be tried out. Onion Uttapams and tomato Uttapams are the most famous ones.
All the Indian Restaurants especially the South Indian Restaurants serve Uttapams. Kerala and Bangalore are famous for Uttapams.

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