East Indian
Chakuli Pitha (Odia Savory Rice-Lentil Crepe)
Chakuli Pitha (Odia Savory Rice-Lentil Crepe) is East Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups rice, soaked
- 1/2 cup urad dal, soaked
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 green chilies, finely chopped
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp mustard oil
- 1 cup water
How to cook it
- Soak the rice and urad dal separately for at least 4 hours, then drain.
- Grind the rice and dal together with a little water into a smooth, pourable batter, similar to a dosa batter.
- Stir in the cumin seeds, chopped green chilies, and salt, and let the batter rest for 20 minutes.
- Heat a griddle or flat tawa and lightly grease it with mustard oil.
- Pour a ladle of batter onto the hot griddle and spread it into a thin round.
- Drizzle a little oil around the edges and cook until the underside turns golden and the top looks set, then flip briefly to finish, about 2-3 minutes total.
- Serve hot with ghugni, aloo dum, or a simple chutney.
Serve it with
A East Indian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Chakuli Pitha (Odia Savory Rice-Lentil Crepe), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The sharp little thing
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Chakuli Pitha (Odia Savory Rice-Lentil Crepe) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Light
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Grains and Pulses
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Chakuli Pitha (Odia Savory Rice-Lentil Crepe) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
Watch someone make it
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on rice and urad dal.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from East India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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