SOUTH INDIAN PADDU

INGREDIENTS:

2 CUPS DOSA RICE(SOAKED FOR 5 HOURS)

1/2 TSP FENUGREEK SEEDS(SOAKED ALONG WITH RICE)

1/2 CUP URAD DAL(SOAKED SEPERATELY FOR 5 HOURS)

3 TSP CHANA DAL(SOAKED ALONG WITH RICE)

1/4 CUP COOKED RICE(PREPARED RICE)

SALT

OIL

PREPARATION:

FIRST IN THE MIXER PUT RICE,FENUGREEK SEEDS AND CHANA DAL AND WITH LITTLE WATER GRIND SMOOTHLY TO LITTLE THICK BATTER( LIKE IDLI BATTER).GRIND SMOOTHLY URAD DAL WITH LITTLE WATER AND ALSO GRIND COOKED RICE WITH LITTLE WATER TO A SMOOTH PASTE.MIX ALL THESE PROPERLY TO THICK CONSISTENCY.KEEP OVERNIGHT.IN THE MORNING PUT LITTLE SALT.SWITCH ON THE FLAME .KEEP THE PADDU MAKER (LIKE SHOWN IN THE PICTURE) PUT THE OIL FIRST IN THE PADDU MAKER AND WHEN THE OIL(1 TSP TO EACH HOLE) GETS HEATED PUT BATTER TO THE HOLE AND CLOSE WITH THE LID FOR 5 MINUTES WITH LOW FLAME.THEN OPEN THE LID AND REVERSE IT AND AGAIN PUT OIL AND BAKE IT TILL THE PADDU TURNS LIGHT GOLDEN BROWN.LIKE THIS PREPARE WITH ALL THE BATTER.

NOTE:IN COLD COUNTRIES PUT TO THE BATTER A PINCH OF COOKING SODA.

IF U WANT MASALA PADDU:

PUT TO THE BATTER IN THE MORNING 2 FINELY CHOPPED ONIONS,3 FINELY CHOPPED GREEN CHILLIES AND 1 BLANCH OF FINELY CHOPPED SABSIGE SOPPU(DIL LEAVES OR SHEPU).AND PREPARE AS MENTIONED ABOVE.

FOT THIS GOOD COMBINATION IS COCONUT CHUTNEY AND POTATO RAS SABZI