Gunta Ponganalu / pongadalu

Had some left over dosa batter and eating dosa for 2 days is boring. So thought of making gunta ponganalu. You need a special skillet to prepare these. We can make these with pan cakes puffs pan too. Recently I have ordered my pan in amazon. It is so simple, quick and easy if you have some dosa batter at your home. Just add onions, green chillis, cumin seeds, soaked channa dal and curry leaves to the batter and fry them with very less oil.

Goes well with kids lunch box. Kids love to eat and we can make lot of different versions. Will discuss them later.

So here is the recipe..

Gunta ponganalu

Ingredients:

Urad dal / black gram dal – 1 cup
Rice – 2 cups
Onion - 1, finely chopped
Green chilli-ginger paste – 1 tbsp
Curry leaves - 1 tbsp, finely chopped
Channa dal - 3 tbsp washed and soaked
Cumin - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil - to grease the mould

1. you can use left over dosa batter or make the batter using the below procedure.
2. Soak rice and urad dal for 6-7 hours. Grind the soaked dal and rice to a fine paste. Ferment the batter for over night or for 7-8 hours. Add salt to taste and mix well. 
3. Add chopped onions, green chilli-ginger paste, soaked channa dal, cumin seeds and curry leaves to the batter and mix well.
4. Add few drops of oil into each mould. Pour batter into each mould and allow to cook with lid for 3-4 minutes. Cook on low to medium flame. It will cook to a golden brown shade. Flip over with help of a spoon or fork and allow to cook for 2-3 minutes without lid.
5. Serve hot with chutney or spice powder of your choice.