Thosai
Thosai

Thosai

Servings

Serving:

10 persons

Preparation Time

Preparation Time:

7 hours minutes

Ingredients

  • 140 gm Black split peas (A type of chick pea)

  • 180 gm Rice grain

  • 50 gm Cooked rice

  • 1/2 teaspoon Fennel powder

  • 1/2 teaspoon White cumin powder

  • 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper powder

  • 1 teaspoon Fenugreek seed

  • 2 tablespoons QBB

  • Water

Instructions

  1. 1. Wash beans with skin and soak for 4 hours.

  2. 2. Soak rice and fennel for 4 hours.

  3. 3. After 4 hours, clean beans and separate from skin.

  4. 4. Wash rice grain twice.

  5. 5. Blend rice and cooked rice with fenugreek seed and enough water till ingredients become smooth and lump-free like pancake batter.

  6. 6. Blend peas with enough water until smooth. Adjust the thickness by adding water a little at a time. The batter should rise and expand.

  7. 7. Mix together rice and pea batter to form a pancake-like batter.

  8. 8. Let the batter ferment for 6 hours (do not over ferment as it will turn too sour).

  9. 9. After 6 hours, heat a hot plate and lightly grease with QBB.

  10. 10. Scoop up a ladleful of batter and pour it on the hot plate. Quickly spread batter into a thin pancake with the back of the ladle.

  11. 11. Flip to cook other side after about 2 minutes.

  12. 12. Lightly grease with some QBB.