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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.
Hello Aunty, i use to make Puda without Rice flour,but after trying with rice flour it came out really good. Thanks for all your good recipes.
It was very tasty and also easy to prepare.
Hi Aunty,
i found this receipe very different n wanted to try it out….just wanted to knw is it fine if i use Corn flour in place of rice flour…does this solve the purpose??
Thnx
Hello manjula Aunty,
As diwali is coming I wanted to ask u if u can post recipe for Tomato sev and palak sev. I wanted it before diwali… I will be thankful if u can help me atleast with the recipe if not video…:) thank u so much
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Can I use white wheat flour or whole wheat flour instead of gram and rice flour?
hi
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I tried this reciepe,it is really a good ,tasty,nutritious reciepe,i really like it.
thanks .
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I tried this last week when my son wanted something different to eat. I am tired of serving the same snacks since we came to UK. This was an instant recipe and I could fold all nutritious vegetable which my son wouldn’t eat otherwise. Thank you for sharing this recipe. Is it possible to share a few more recipes to trick fussy kids?