Easy Onion Uttapam

Ingredients:

• 1 cup urad dal
• 2.5 cups fine semolina (rava)
• 2 large Onions, finely chopped
• Oil
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. Wash urad dal thoroughly and soak it in water for 5-6 hours. Grind it in a grinder to fine paste. Then add semolina and grind it again.
2. Take out the batter in a bowl and keep it aside for 8-10 hours (or overnight) for fermentation.
3. Add 2 table spoons oil and salt to the batter.
4. Mix the batter well and check for consistency (since due to semolina the batter becomes thick). Add some water if necessary.
5. Heat non-stick tawa or griddle over medium flame. Pour a ladle full of batter and spread it into the circle with the help of ladle.
6. Sprinkle the chopped onions covering the top. Drizzle some oil around the edge.
7. Cook until the bottom side turns light brown. Flip it gently and cook another side over medium flame.
8. Transfer it to a plate. Serve hot with chutney and sambhar.

Pithale

Ingredients:

• ½ cup Gram flour (besan)
• 2 tablespoon oil
• ¼ teaspoon mustard seeds
• Pinch of asafoetida
• ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 2 tablespoon chopped onion
• ½ teaspoon Ginger-garlic paste
• 1 or 2 Green chillies
• 1 tablespoon chopped coriander
• 2 cups water
• Salt to Taste

Method:

1. Mix gram flour and a cup of water in a bowl, to make a smooth paste.
2. Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan. Add mustard seeds. When mustard seeds stops popping, add ginger-garlic paste and green chillies.
3. Fry for a minute. Then add asafetida and turmeric powder.
4. Add onion and cook it till it becomes soft.
5. Add a cup of water in the pan. Add salt and bring it to boil.
6. Then add gram flour paste slowly into the pan. Stir this mixture continuously to avoid lumps formation. Cover it with lid and cook it for 5-7 minutes.
7. Garnish this pithale with coriander. Serve it hot with roti or bhakri or plain rice.