Farali Uttapam | Vrat Wala Uttapam
Farali Uttapam | Vrat Wala Uttapam is a delicious and wholesome Indian meal or snack during fast(Vrat or Upvas). It is a tasty twist to the traditional uttapam. This is also a great option for those craving for flavor packed unique and gluten-free Indian dish.
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- nonstick skillet
- spatula
Ingredients
For Farali Uttapam
- ½ cup sava/sama/little millet
- ¼ cup potato medium size boiled & grated
- ¼ cup sago / sabudana
- ¼ cup roasted peanuts
- 1 tsp green chili paste
- 1 tsp ginger grated / paste
- ¼ tsp roasted cumin /jeera
- ¼ tsp black pepper powder
- ¼ cup coriander leaves chopped
- 2 tbsp curd
- ¾ tsp Sendha namak adjust as preferred
- 150 ml water adjust as needed
- Ghee or oil for drizzling
Topping for Uttapam
- 1 green chili chopped
- 1 tbsp curry leaves
- 1/8 cup coriander leaves chopped
- 1 tbsp desiccated coconut
- 1 peanuts crushed or powder
- sesame seeds (til) for sprinkling
Instructions
- Firstly, take roasted peanuts in a grinder jar. Grind these peanuts coarsely or fine. Then transfer into a bowl.
- Secondly, grind sago and sama.
- Thirdly, for topping, mix together, chopped coriander leaves, curry leaves, green chili, desiccated coconut and ground or crushed peanuts.
- Now, take ground sago-sama powder mixture in a wide bowl.
- To this add grated potato, ground peanuts, grated ginger, roasted cumin seeds, green chili paste, salt, black pepper powder. Mix well.
- Then add curd and chopped coriander leaves.
- Mix everything thoroughly.
- Gradually add water and make a batter. Add water little at a time. Keep an eye on the batter's consistency. It should not be too runny.
- Cover and keep aside this Uttapam batter for at least 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes, check for batter consistency. If batter has turned thick, add a bit of water.
- To make the uttapams, heat a skillet and smear with oil. Sprinkle some sesame seeds.
- Then, pour a ladle full of uthappam batter onto the skillet.
- Sprinkle with topping.
- Cover and cook on medium.
- Cook till the top surface appears dry.
- Now flip and cook on the other side for just a minute.
- Transfer onto a plate. Make more farali Uttapams.
- Farali Uttapam is ready to serve.
How to serve
- Serve warm Farali Uttapam with Farali chutney or curd. This could be followed by Sabudana Kheer dessert A cup of Karak Chai with fasting compliant ingredients would also be a great idea
Notes
- Instead of potato you could use grated bottle gourd (doodhi, lauki).
- You could swap sabudana and sama flours with amaranth or rajgira flour.
- Omit coriander leaves if you do not consume during fasting.