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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.
I bought zucchini this morning to have a light meal while my husband is at work, then i checked your website as usual to find a delicious and easy recipe, and i tried this, absolutely delicious and easy to prepare, i put inside some shredded mozarella cheese that i had. also bought mushrooms to make the mushroom curry but these dosas were enough for my lunch so maybe tomorrow.
take care and God bless you dear Manjula!
amazing recipe…i tried this and it came out excellent…i have not eaten anything like this before…..everyone should try this once. Keep up this good work and keep giving us such amazing recipes
Hi Manjula Aunty,
You are amazing and loving aunti. I really like your receipe, specially kadhi with ghee tadka, rasgulle, and aloo gobhi. Do you live in USA? Most of your receipes are simple and quick, you made our life easier to provide these receipes.
Take care,
Kiran
if i use veggies and omit rice flour is that okay?
I was watching this video and was also hungry…so just kept the lappy in kitchen and followed the step wise procedure….and it turned out to be amazing….Thank you so much for sharing receipes without onion and garlic…now I can trat my frienz as few are Jain.
Mouth-Watering Reciepes !!!
I made this recipe yesterday. I used shredded potato and very little chopped onions to it. It was pretty wuick to make it and we loved it.
Thank you!
Hello Aunty,
Thank you for all the lovely recipes! I am an American vegetarian trying to expand the number of things I cook for my babies. We love watching your videos! Keep up the good work!
hi aunty
can we use palak or methi or any other vegetables instead of zucchuni?
thanks
Hello Sadia,
Yes you can use the vegetable of your choice.
Dear Manjula Ji,
I tried your gram flour dosa today and it was simply amazing…Just YUM!! My mom used to make a similar version called Adai but that needs some time to prepare…
Thanks for posting this…
Well I made Puda with Spinach and it was a delight i have made sveral of Manula ’s recepies but htis stands out Like her husband I can also eat this Puda everyday My mother used to make this with methi leaves and manjula’s has more variations
she is just an outstanding cook Hurrah!