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Besan (Gram Flour) Puda (Dosa)
January 18th, 2007 filed under Miscellaneous, Vegan
Basen puda is a great dish to serve for breakfast or a light lunch. This recipe is quick to prepare and can be served many different ways.
Makes 5 pudas.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup besan (gram flour)
- 1/4 cup rice flour (optional)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
- 1 teaspoon chopped green chilies
- 1 cup shredded zucchini (Italian squash)
- 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro (green coriander)
- About 6 tablespoons of oil to cook
Method:
- Shred the zucchini with the skin and keep aside.
- Mix the dry ingredients togather In a bowl, besan (gram flour), rice flour which helps for the crispness, salt, and cumin seeds.
- Add the water slowly to make a smooth batter batter should be consistency of pancake batter or Dosa batter.
- Next add the chopped green chilies, chopped cilantro (green coriander) and shredded zucchini. Mix well.
- Use a non-stick skillet and place on medium-high heat. To check if the skillet is ready, put a few drops of water on it. If the water sizzles right away, the skillet is ready.
- Next pour about 1/2 cup of the mixture on the skillet and spread evenly with a back of spoon. Starting from the center, spread in circular motion outwards until it is evenly spread about 7 inch circles.
- When batter start drying. Put 1 teaspoon of oil and spread over gently, using a flat spatula. Lift the puda from one side using a flat spatula (A flat spatula makes it easy to flip the puda). Flip the puda when it turns golden-brown.
- Next, press the puda lightly with the spatula all around so the puda cooks evenly. The puda should be golden brown on both sides to ensure it is crispy.
Tips:
Spresd the batter quick, otherwise batter start drying and cannot be spread.
Serving Suggestions:
- You can serve the puda with yogurt, chutney, spicy pickles, or ketchup.
- You can also fold the puda with shredded cheddar cheese, sliced tomatoes, or roasted vegetables.
Variations
- Zucchini can be replaced with finely chopped spinach, shredded potatoes, or very finely shredded cabbage.
- If you make the puda without vegetables, do not use rice flour. This will cause the pudas to be very dry.
- If you don’t have cilantro, you may replace with ground coriander powder. If you don’t have green chilies, you may replace with red chilly powder or flakes.
Im out of basin.Can I try with corn flour.. just curious. Let me know
Hi Madhuri, Try and let us know how it was.
Mine were too thick at the start, then I added more water, but I still needed to spread them out more quickly to get the crispy edge. I used red bell pepper instead of hot pepper and they were delicious! This was my first try with any Indian cooking. Thank you for a great gluten-free meal.
Hi Manjula aunty…
am a great fan of your food….i hav tried most of ur food..and just liked it.
I wud like to ask u some thing,i hav never seen u using onion to ur recipe,just curious only…
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see u again.
Namaste Manjula. I wanted to say I love your show. You are so informative and make it easy to understand in English for me. I am an american woman who was introduced to punjabi cooking By a wonderful indian cater. I have parted ways with her, but dearly missed Indian cooking. Thanks to you I can have roti and Palak Paneer whenever I want! Thank you so much for your videos, for teaching me the Indian Language ( food names and Hello, which dialect are you speaking?).
Also your clothes are so beautiful!
Keep up the awesome cooking,
Rachel
Aunty’s language is Hindi.
THANKS ALOT REALY YOUR GREAT WITH YOUR RECIPES THANKS THANKS I AM TAHIR I LOVE YOUR COOKING AND I TRY ALOTS OF THANKS ………
what is semolina powder in hindi?Can we make cutlets without using bread crumbles
?can we use gram flour /besan /semolina flour instead?please leave areply for me..
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Fantastic recipe, as always. Thanks so much for sharing.
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Hello Manjula (Aunty),
Thank yo so much for your easy recipes. I have learnt quite a bit of Indian day-to-day cooking from your recpies and from my mother (over the phone). They have made life easy for me.
Thank you once again
Regards
SMM
Hello Manjula aunti!
I saw your recipe and it is so easy and so yummy also. I made it and it was wonderful. Thank you very much.
Your all recipes are very easy and very tasty to make so I like to watch your all recipes. I made so many recipes and it were also wonderful.
Thank you again.
Jay Shri Krishna.
Regards,
Mansi Patel