Chitau Pitha

Ingredients

• 🧂Saltto taste
  
• 🫙Ginger1-inch piece
  
• 🌶️Green Chili2
  
• 🌶️Mustard Seeds1/2 tsp
  
• 🌿Curry Leaves1 sprig
  
• 🫙Asafoetidaa pinch
  
• 🫙Coconut Oil2 tbsp
  
• 🌾Rice Flour1 cup
  
• 🥥Grated Coconut1 cup
  
• 🍯Jaggery3/4 cup, grated
  
• 🌿Green Cardamom1 tsp
  

Instructions

1. 1

   Soak the rice and urad dal (with fenugreek seeds) separately for 4-6 hours, then grind each to a smooth batter with cold water, combine and ferment overnight.

2. 2

   Check the batter: bubbles at the surface and a light sour aroma mean it is ready. Add salt if you haven't already.

3. 3

   Grease the pan lightly with a cut onion dipped in oil — the old non-stick trick.

4. 4

   Spoon the batter in, swirl or shape quickly, and let it set undisturbed for two minutes.

5. 5

   Cook till crisp-bottomed and blistedy, roll or stack, and carry to the table while the first one is still crackling.