Oothapams

Savory Rice and Lentil Pancakes

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4 to 6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      25 min

Appears in
Instant Indian: Classic Foods from Every Region of India Made Easy in the Instant Pot

By Rinku Bhattacharya

Published 2018

  • About

These pancakes are made with dosa batter, usually after the batter has aged a little to allow room for it to ferment and get fairly sour. For oothapams, I sometimes like to substitute half or all the dosa batter with a mixture of brown rice and regular rice, or even brown rice and quinoa. I have found that this substitution works especially well for these oothapams and the dosas. It is best to have a cast iron griddle for cooking these, I use a standard one from Lodge that I have now had fo