This is an excellent alternative for regular dosa and takes very little prep time. If you don’t have Oats flour handy, dry roast Oats for 2-3 mins until they are brown and grind into fine flour.
You can add rice flour to make it crispy like Rava dosa. I added wheat flour instead and wasn’t crispy.
One of the authentic ways of cooking Obbutu at Kongunadu. Opputu is how we call it at my house, first time hearing is it ? During local festivals at temples, when we all get together we used to make this at my granny’s place. I am not sure how this name came about, but I will surely enquire. We often make it with channa dhal filling, but sometimes we do replace them with coconut sugar fillings. Both tastes good, but I am an avid fan for coconut stuffing than channa dhal.
I used to bug my mom to prepare this very often at home, since it required some process my mom used to buy me from a famous shop near my house. I am crazy about it. At least 4 times a month I bug my mom to get it for me. Sometimes I finish it all without leaving the traces.. he he he…. Later on they closed that shop.I was very much disappointed, after all it was a great loss for me. Never had the coconut stuffing after that. Should ask my mom to start the quest to find the best shop, when I go home next time, I would bug her to get me every day. he he he ….
Making chapathi is an art but very simple though. It took a little while for me to learn how to make it soft. Lots of trial and error with various combination, finally, here I come with useful tips which I learnt in the process. Chapathi is less in calories, so when u want to diet what else could be the best substitute. Chapathi pretty much goes well with any curry or gravy.
Any one from Tamilnadu can tell us how famous poori and potato masalas are at our places. Many of the parties will have it for sure. I love them a lot, when I see the puffed up poori I will be tempted to eat 2 more than usual.
Fenugreek has lot of medical values. It has a bitter taste when cooked and eaten like other spinaches. Adding with our other normal recipes enhances the taste as well as more healthy to our body.
