Ingredients

• For Oothappam:
• 2 cups - Rava (Sooji)
• 1 cup - Rice flour
• 1/2 cup - Urad flour
• 5 - Green Chillies, finely chopped
• 1 - Onions; big, cut into very small pieces
• 1 cup - Cilantro
• 3 cups - Curd (preferably sour)
• Salt to taste
• For Cilantro Chutney:
• 2 cups - Cilantro,
• 2 tsp - Channa dal
• 5 - Red Chillies (or green)
• Salt to taste

How to Make Oothappam and Cilantro Chutney

• Chutney:
• Fry the channa dal and red chillies in two tsp of oil.
• Chop the cilantro, add the tamarind and roasted channa dal, salt and grind it fine.
• For uthappam:
• Make a smooth flowing batter of rava, rice and urad flour, by adding only curd.
• Use more curd to dilute the consistency if required.
• Add to it the chopped chillies and onions.
• Add salt as required.
• Spread the batter (not too thinly) on a heated tawa and add oil on the sides.
• Roll it over after a while and add some more oil.
• Once the uthappam is cooked, serve it with the hot cilantro chutney.