Rava uttapam recipe

Rava uttapam is a simple pancake/uttapam prepared with just rava and yogurt and topped with finely chopped onions and tomatoes

Main ingredients:

Rava uttapam recipe

½ cup fine variety of rava or sooji, 100 grams

½ cup water

3 tsp lemon juice

¼ tsp baking soda or ⅛ tsp eno (fruit salt)

salt as per taste

oil or ghee for greasing the pan & drizzling

Optional ingredients:

1 small onion, chopped or 5 to 6 pearl onions, thinly sliced

1 small tomato, chopped

1 green chilli, finely chopped

Instructions

1. Mix the rava and water in a bowl.
2. Keep the batter to rest for 30 minutes.
3. Meanwhile when the batter is resting, you can slice or chop the onions, tomatoes and green chillies.
4. Mix the chopped veggies and keep aside.
5. After 30 minutes, stir the batter again.
6. Then add 3 tsp lemon juice, salt and ¼ tsp baking soda or ⅛ tsp eno (fruit salt).
7. Stir and mix very well.
8. Heat a taw or griddle and spread some oil. You can also use a non stick pan.
9. Take the batter in a large serving spoon.
10. Pour the batter and spread it gently. Don’t spread too much.
11. When the batter is still raw from the top, add the onions-tomatoes-green chillies mix. Gently press the onions-tomatoes with the spatula, so that they stick to the batter.
12. Drizzle some oil on the sides and the top.
13. When the base is cooked and lightly browned, flip gently.
14. Cook tills the onions and tomatoes are light golden or golden.
15. Flip and serve hot. If you want you can flip a couple of times too for even cooking.
16. For making plain rava uttapam, cook the uttapams without any toppings.
17. Serve rava uttapam with coconut chutney or coriander chutney. They also go well with tomato ketchup.

Notes

- skip or reduce green chilies for kids.
- You can also add chopped coriander leaves.
- Mix grated veggies like carrots, beetroots and finely shredded cabbage or finely chopped capsicum can also be added.
- You can also grate cheese or paneer in the toppings.
- Recipe can be doubled or tripled.