Preparation time: 13 hours
Cooking time: 30 min
Serves: 2

Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)

1. 1 cup rice
2. 1/4 cup dosa chana dal or kadlebele
3. 1/4 cup urad dal or uddina bele
4. 1/4 cup moong dal or hesaru bele
5. 1 tsp fenugreek seeds
6. 1/4 cup thik poha or avalakki
7. Ghee or oil for cooking
8. Salt as per your taste

Ingredients for topping: (measuring cup used = 240ml)

1. 2 - 3 onions
2. 2 tbsp chopped curry leaves
3. 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
4. 2 - 3 chopped green chillies
5. 1 large tomato chopped
6. Salt as per your taste

Instructions for making mixed dal uttappam:

1. Take rice in a container.
2. Add chana dal, urad dal, moong dal, poha and methi seeds.
3. Rinse it well and soak it for 4 - 5 hours.
4. After soaking, drain the water and transfer it into a mixie jar.
5. Grind it until smooth using a mixer grinder by adding required water. Transfer it into the container.
6. Add minimum required water.
7. Mix the batter well using hands.
8. Close the lid and rest it for 8 - 10 hours in a warm place for fermentation.
9. After fermentation, open the lid and add in required salt. Give it a quick mix. The batter shall have thick urad dal dosa batter consistency.
10. Take all the topping ingredients like chopped onion, curry leaves, coriader leaves, green chilli and salt. Give a quick mix and keep it ready. Also chop the tomato and keep it ready.
11. Now heat the dosa pan. Pour a laddle full of batter and spread it slightly. Top it with tomatoes.
12. Followed by, top it with onion mixture.
13. Drizzle ghee or oil. I prefer ghee for this recipe.
14. Close the lid and cook under medium flame.
15. Open the lid, flip and cook on the other side as well.
16. Take out the uttappam or onion dosa. Serve it with coconut chutney or sambar.

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