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5 taste uthappam recipe, Kids breakfast ideas

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    5-taste-uthappam - recipe

I came to know this idea only few years back when Vj ordered “7  Taste Uthappam” at Saravana bhavan in Chennai. I vaguely remember what were the toppings. Now last month, when Mama mami came  here, we used to watch “Anjaraipetti” series telecasted here in the local channel. They showed a Tanjore Hotel which serves this 5-taste Uthappam. I got really tempted to try at home. This could be a perfect snack/ breakfast for your kid😍. Especially if they are picky eater, this could be appealing for their eyes and sure tempting enough to eat. Not that we grown ups should not enjoy. Once in a while it can be a treat for us too.
   My mom makes awesome onion uthappams that I can never forget in my life and just keep remembering those days when my mom used to make the uthappams in kadai and I used to sit just next to the stove, on the counter top (my dining area😉) and enjoy the hot uthappams. The uthappams made in kadai has a wonderful unique taste than the one we make in dosa pan. Now my laziness, I never make in kadai. But I make in Iron dosa pan for Vj and eat one (diet conscious hehe)when I make for him. In this 5 taste uthappam, the topping can be purely your choice, it is up to your imagination and creativity. There is no specific recipe or specific quantity for this recipe. Just to put up an idea 🧐.
I always make onion uthappam with small onions just like we get in Murugan idli shop. Its Vj’s favourite.
onion-uthappam-recipe

Please refer this post for making the idli dosa batter. 

Ingredients

Idli dosa batter
Carrot, grated
Small onion(shallots), sliced thinly
Tomato, deseeded and chopped finely
Idli podi
Coriander leaves
Ghee / oil

Method

  1. Grate carrot finely, slice the small onions, clean coriander leaves and chop it roughly, deseed the tomato and chop finely. Keep the ingredients ready. Heat dosa pan and grease it with oil/ghee. Pour mini (half laddle) uthappams. It should be thick. No need to spread the batter unless it is too thick. Top with your favourite. Cook in low to medium flame to get golden crust. Drizzle some oil/ghee over the toppings and around the dosa.1-uthappam
  2. Flip once the bottom turns golden and cook in low to medium flame for a minute or 2 or until golden in colour. Drizzle oil when ever desired.2-uthappam-recipe

Notes

  • Always cook in medium flame to get a perfect golden crusted uthappams.
  • Ghee gives a great taste to the uthappams, especially to podi and onion uthappams.
  • You can also use large onion for making the onion uthappams. But for this mini uthappam, its would be cute if we use this small onion.
  • Do suggest your topping ideas in comment section. 🙂

          Enjoy hot with tiffin sambar and other choices of your chutneys. Yummy and aren’t they cute?

carrot+coriander-uthappam

tomato+podi-uthappam

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  4. This is one of my favorites which I enjoy from my childhood..my most favorite is onion one,mixed veg one and the milagai podi one..yum yum yumm..perfect breakfast

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  30. Sowmya,

    Grated cheese are great topping for kids! But we can top it when we make it more like roast. Because , if we flip the uthappams, cheese will melt and stick to the pan. But roast need not be flipped, so we can top for plain roast 🙂

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  46. Forget the uthappam, i could not take my eyes of the side dishes!!! what a stunning photo… my god woman, you have some patience!! keep going

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  54. Hi..
    I have been reading your recipes and trying out for few weeks… everything is so good and tasty.. keep on the gr8 work.. love the utthapam.. its been always my fav…

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  78. Am from Tanjore but I don know which hotel serves this,probably my father knows..well,coming to ur post,I just loved it.As u said,wonderful idea for picky eaters ..SUper presentation Raks..

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  82. I made Uthappam last Sunday with all these ingredients on one! This is a cute idea especially for little ones! And I make mine on a non-stick pan with a lid. Cover it for a while to get the top done and then flip it over. I also add some poha while grinding the batter other than rice, urad dal and methi.

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  102. Lovely post! I used to make all these but not at one shot! This makes a colorful plate! Thanks Raks! And when I make tomato uthappam I used to sprinkle some rasam podi or (dry roast and powder 1 T coriander seeds with 1 teaspoon pepper). That gives a nice punch to the tomato flavor!

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  104. Hi,

    Thanks for this wonderful post. I tried this yesterday(08/19/2012) for night dinner. It was awesome and my husband loved it. I have served him Onion, Cilantro, Carrot and capsicum uttapam and he is surprised and amazed. It was very tasty atlast. You inspire me to cook and Let God Bless your gifted hands.

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  132. Really very nice idea instead of eating regular utappam preparing these type of variety gives us intrest to eat healthy breakfast thanq raks and pics are fabulous

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  146. Its very tempting..

    I have tried only onion and podi toppings.. Will try others also. My mom used to make potato masal as a topping. It will be a spicy kootu made as a side for rice. So for dinner she use it as a topping. Since we flip oothappam, the masal will be roasted and will taste great.

    Prabha

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  148. Uttepams are our favourites! I like to to do small ones (a little smaller than these) and stack up in a whole variety of flavours, for party food. You can make ahead and warm up or eat cold, and take on picnics or for school/work packed lunch. At home, i like to usemashed down aloo gobi leftovers as a topping – very tasty, but not too much, or it is too heavy, and breaks up the uttepam. Love your posts.

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