Rava Uttapam

Story: Don't you love recipes that are quick, easy and tasty! This Rava Uttapam recipe is perfect for a weekday dinner or a lazy weekend brunch.

My Mavashi (Mausi/Mom's sister) takes a practical and efficient approach to everything in life including cooking. Mavashi showed me how to make these uttapam a few years back.. and now Rava Uttapam has become a regular in my house. While we are talking about efficiency, whenever I make uttapam I use the Presto griddle to make as many as six uttapam at a time! I would highly recommend the griddle if you make dosas, uttapams, paranthas etc often enough.

A quick chutney is ready in minutes if you mix MTR Molagai Podi with dahi. If you have a few more minutes mix the Molagai Podi with avocado, tomato and lemon juice.. simply delicious! I will soon post a recipe for the avocado chutney....

So feel free to spend some extra time with friends after work - a tasty uttapam meal is less than 30 minutes away!

Source: My Mausi - Dr. Mrs. Asha Badve

Time: 30 minues

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Rava (Suji/Semolina)
• 1/2 cup Rice flour
  
• 1/2 Onion finely cut
• 1 Tomato cut into small squares
• 1 inch ginger shredded or 1 tsp ginger paste
• 1 garlic clove shredded or 1/2 tsp garlic paste
• 1 green chili finely chopped
• Handful coriander leaves finely chopped
• little over a cup of yogurt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp red chili powder
  
• salt to taste
  

Recipe:

Mix everything except dahi/yogurt in a bowl. Adjust salt in the dry mixture as needed.

Add yogurt/dahi till the mixture becomes soft. When it comes to this recipe more dahi is better than less .. so make sure the dry ingredients have soaked enough dahi. Keep this mixture covered for 5 ish minutes. Add water to get the consistency of pancake batter.

That's it - heat a non stick pan and make uttapam exactly like a pancake. Spread the batter in round shape and heat on one side till you get crispy texture and brown color. then heat on the other side for a couple of minutes to get a tasty uttapam!