Appe made from dosa batter that has been tempered with Mustard seeds,Urad dal and curry leaves makes excellent use of leftover dosa batter and makes a perfect tea time snack.
If you are like me, you make a large batch of dosa batter and enjoy it the whole week in different forms-dosas, idlis and uttapams. I still had some batter left over,decided to give it a tarka and make lowfat delicious appe out of it as an accompaniment to our tea.
I used left over Daliya Dosa batter(Cracked wheat) though it tastes just as good with Brown Rice Dosa batter or Instant Mixed Dal Dosa-No Rice No Fermentation batter as well.(For a Gluten Free option, please use Brown Rice or Mixed Dal Dosa batter). I served these with coconut chatni, though it would taste just as yum dunked in piping hot sambar(My north Indian take on the traditional south indian staple) or Sarvana Bhavan style Tomato Chatni.
I did use coconut oil to make these appe, and you just have to trust me on this, they tasted awesome! I used Organic cold pressed virgin coconut oil, so the taste and flavor of coconut is very mild. It tastes great made in regular oil, but the coconut oil just takes it to a whole new level! Some other low fat appe recipes on the blog are Lauki ke Appe, Moong Dal Appe, Sabudana Appe with Paneer filling, Oatmeal Avocado Appe and Mixed Dal Appe.
So here is the written recipe followed by the step wise pictorial one-
Appe from Dosa Batter
Ingredients
- 1 cup Thick Dosa Batter
- 2 tbsp cilantro/coriander/dhania chopped
- 2 tbsp onion chopped
- 1- 2 green chilies minced(optional)
- salt as per taste
- water as needed
- 1/2 tsp Eno/Fruit salt
For tarka/vaghar
- 1 tsp oil
- 1/2 tsp Urad dal
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds/rai
- Few curry leaves
Instructions
For tarka/Vaghar
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Heat oil in a small pan.
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Add Urad dal and Mustard seeds and cook till urad dal turns golden in color.
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Add curry leaves and stir. Remove from heat.
for Appe
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Heat Appe pan and put a little oil in the cavities
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To the dosa batter,add prepared tarka,onions,green chilies,cilantro,salt and water as needed.
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Add Eno and mix well and pour batter into appe pan.
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COVER and cook on MEDIUM till both sides turn brown.
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Serve with chatni
Notes
Here is the step wise pictorial recipe-
Ingredients
In hot oil, add Urad dal and Rai/Mustard seeds, till urad dal turns golden
Add green chilies(optional) and curry leaves and stir for few minutes
Add vaghar/tarka to the dosa batter
Add chopped veggies to the batter and mix well
Add Eno/fruit salt just before making appe in the pan(for soft appe)
Cover and cook on medium till both sides are golden
Enjoy with coconut chatni and a cup of hot tea
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Surbhi Modi
Hi, I follow your recipues …. They are very tempting.
In the appe made out of Dosa batter what can we put instead of Eno. Where I live we don’t get eno.
Aanchal Gupta
Hi Surbhi,Thanks for following my blog and for the appreciation. Eno makes the Appe soft, but if its not available, try using a pinch of baking soda. Please let me know how it turns out.
Manvi
Very nice recipe..Must try
Aanchal Gupta
Thanks Manvi