Othappam made simple



Ingredients:

Dosa batter - 1 cup (to serve 3 othappams)
Very thinly chopped onion - 2 tbsp
Chopped tomatoes - 2 tbsp
Chopped Curry leaves - 1 tsp
Thinly sliced green chilli - 1/4 tsp
Salt & pepper - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 3 tsp

Method:

Mix all the ingredients except oil in a bowl. Heat a tawa and draw a dosa in medium thickness. Spread a tsp of oil on the dosa. Once the bottom side is golden brown, flip it and cook for a min in medium flame. Draw the rest of two dosas as above. Serve hot with Green chutney.

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