Wednesday, June 20, 2012

ONION UTTAPAM RECIPE, SMALL ONION UTTAPAM, MURUGAN IDLI KADAI STYLE

I rarely make this uttapams at home as kids prefer crispy dosas , but me and my hubby like uttapma especially with the addition of onions in that. Whenever we go to murugan idli kadai ( A restaurant originally from Madurai famous for idlis) we order this small onion uttapams and long time i wanted to try this at home. Whenever i have dosa batter in hand i run out of shallots and the vice versa. This time i had every thing in hand and can’t wait to try this out.
I had a few small doubts regarding this recipe which i got clarified with one of the chef during my recent visit to the restaurant.
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ONION UTTAPAM
INGREDIENTS:
DOSA BATTER 1/2 CUP
SHALLOTS | SMALL ONION| CHINNA VENGAYAM 15 – 20 NO
OIL 2-3 TBLSP
SALT A PINCH
BUTTER 1 TSP(OPTIONAL)
ONION UTTAPAM

METHOD:
  • Peel the skin of the onions and thinly slice the onions. Do not chop then finely.
  • Add a pinch of salt to the sliced onions and keep it aside. This yielded roughly 3/4 cup of onions.
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  • Heat a dosa griddle and when it becomes hot, keep the flame to medium and pour a laddle full of batter to make a small circle.
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  • Smear a handful of sliced onions which should cover the entire circle.
  • Add a tblsp of oil .
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  • When it partially cooked , just flip the uttapam carefully .
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  • Gently pat the uttapam with a the stick which we use to flip the dosa (dosa tiruppi).
  • This will help the onions to get infused into the dosa and no onions will come out.
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  • Keep this in a medium flame for a minute and smear oil .
  • If adding butter add at this stage.
  • Serve hot with your favourite side dish.
onion uttapam
Note:
  1. The batter which i used here is the same one which i used for kuzhi paniyaram.
  2. No need to saute the onions but if you want you can do so.
  3. Do not add onion in the batter also , as this will not give a perfect shape or taste to the uttapams.
  4. Always serve this hot and ensure that the onins should cover the entire dosa.
  5. Do not make this too thick , as there are chances of getting uncooked in the center part.
  6. You can also  smear a tsp of idli milagai podi after adding onions to the small onion uthapam.

31 comments:

  1. i usually do this in pulicha mavu... that is fermented batter... it taste awesome:)

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  2. One of my favorite dishes at Murugan idli kadai:).I saute the onions for a bit while making at home.

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  3. This is my allllllllllllllll time fav in MIK :).. way too tempting.

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  4. Ippave saapidanam pola iruku

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  5. I use grated carrots bell peppers too sometime for veg uttapam..nicely described..

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  6. Looks very yummy...Love it..

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  7. i like their uthappam. shallots makes the difference! ranga likes their sakkara pongal very much!

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  8. cute and lovely uthappam..

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  9. i love onion uthappam.. if we add urad dal and channa dal, it tastes better..

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  10. Delicious oothappam. Love it anytime

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  11. Looks so tempting, looks so perfect as we tastes in MIK...so nice Jeya!!

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  12. Wow looks so tempting, perfect for breakfast!

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  13. Looks wonderful....I too love uttappams

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  14. love this onion uthappam with some spicy hot chutney podi..yummy

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  15. I loved this at the murugan idli eaterie.

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  16. Am inviting myself to ur place..irresistible uthappams.

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  17. I make with big onions.. will try this way..

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  18. I always order onion uttapam when I go out as love the crunchiness it gives...lovely clicks Jeya...

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  19. I love this uttapam.. looks delicious

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  20. Hi Jeyashri ,

    onion uthappam looks great and

    mouth watering Jey:):)

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  21. Looks superb, have never tried with small onions, shud have tasted great..

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  22. Jey, This is one of favorite.. I am in same boat as u.. We can go to Murgan only when leave kids at home.. I tried few times at home it never the same. but I don't put Salt with onion not sure that caused the different. Anyway now will try again!

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  23. yummy uttappam...not tried with small onion...yummy

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  24. Yummy Onion uthappam...Even i luv this MIK uthappams...

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  25. I love your presentation! So neat! :)

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  26. I thnk we cn also use chopped big onion..

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