Indian bread which has vegs and spices etc inside the pastry?

Question

I have for many years looked for a recipe for a bread pattie that I had at the home of some Indian people, it was a flat bread with vegs and spices inside, absolutely delicious, it was served with a variety of other dishes but no papadams or the like, it was about 1/3 inch thick and I don't know if it was fried or not

please put an end to my years of searching

Answer 1

Is it masala thosai?

that is the want comes with veges and spices inside you can serve it with curry or dhall or just like that.

do you want the recipe?

Ingredients

Black gram(Uzhunnuparippu) - 1 cup

Rice - 2 cups

Salt - ½ tsp

Potato(large) - 5 nos

Onions(large) - 2 nos

Garlic pods - 6 nos

Ginger(grated) - 2 tsp

Green chillies - 4 nos

Black gram (split) - 1 tsp

Mustard seeds - ½ tsp

Cumin seeds - ½ tsp

Dry red chilly(Kollamulaku) - 1 no

Curry leaves - 10 pieces

Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp

Vegetable oil - 1 tsp

Salt - As reqd

For chutney:-

Coconut - 1/2 of one

Green chillies - 4 nos

Ginger(chopped) - 1 tsp

Coriander leaves - A bunch

Tamarind(Puli) - A tiny piece

Salt - As reqd  



Preparation Method

1)Wash thoroughly and soak black gram and rice separately for 6 - 8 hrs.

2)Grind them separately into very smooth paste and mix them together adding salt.

3)Allow this dough to ferment overnight during winter and 4 to 5 hours in summer.

For the stuffing (masala):-

4)Boil potatoes and chop onions, ginger, garlic and green chillies may be finely chopped or made into paste.

5)Heat oil in a broad pan.

6)Add a tsp of black gram, mustard and red chillies.

7)When mustard seeds splutter, add cumin seeds, onion pieces, ginger garlic and green chillies (finely chopped or ground), turmeric powder, curry leaves broken into pieces and fry till transparent.

8)Meanwhile, peel the boiled potatoes and cut them into medium size pieces.

9)Add them to the frying onions, mix well, remove from fire after about 5 mins and set aside.

10)Make the chutney by grinding together 1/2 coconut, 4 green chillies, 1 tsp of ginger, a bunch of cilantro, tiny piece of tamarind and salt to taste into fine, thin paste, adding water.

11)Heat a flat pan and make thin dosas by spreading the dough on the pan with a ladle.

12)Spread oil all around the dosa and when the edges turn golden brown, don`t over turn the dosa but place two table spoons of the prepared masala on the dosa and first fold one side over it and then the other side and remove from pan and serve.

13)Repeat the procedure for the next dosa.

:- The secret of crisp dosas lies in the amount of oil spread around it.

With chutney these masala dosas make great eating.

Answer 2

do you mean pau bhaji? Its basically like a burger bun stuffed with a mixture of potatoes vegetables made into a thick curry.

Answer 3

You are talking about South Indian dish Uttapam

Answer 4

Its called roti. Also called aloo brota. It can have mashed potatos, veges or anything really. Their baked not fried. Very healthy. English call it Japati's.

Answer 5

samosa

Answer 6

here are some names (they all basically mean the same thing, but im not sure about spelling)

roti   (pronounced row-TEE)

paranta (pronounced pa-RAAN-taa)

foolca (pronounced fool-caa)

Answer 7

Maybe uttapam?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttapam

Answer 8

it was probably samosas. they are usually triangle(ish) in shape. here's an easy recipe.

Ingredients

•2 medium portion potato(es), peeled and cut into dice

•1 spray low-fat cooking spray

•1 small carrot(s), finely chopped

•1 small onion(s), finely chopped

•50 g cooked frozen peas, thawed

•1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

•1/2 teaspoon ground coriander

•1/4 teaspoon chilli powder

•1/4 teaspoon turmeric, ground

•1 teaspoon garlic, puree

•1 tablespoon fresh coriander, chopped fresh (or mint)

•1 pinch salt, to taste

•1 serving pepper, freshly ground, black

•5 sheet filo pastry, thawed if frozen

Cook potatoes and carrot in boiling, salted water until tender - about 10 minutes. Drain and partially mash them. Mist non-stick frying pan with cooking spray. Sauté onion until softened, about 2 minutes. Stir onion, peas, cumin, ground coriander, chilli powder, turmeric, garlic puree and fresh coriander or mint into potatoes and carrots. Season to taste. Cool completely.

Preheat oven to Gas Mark 4/180°C/350°F. Mist baking sheets with spray cooking oil. Cut filo pastry sheets into strips, measuring approximately 30 cm x 10 cm (12 inches x 4 inches). Place a tablespoon of mixture at one end of a pastry strip. Fold over and over to make a triangle. Repeat to make 20 samosas.

Mist with cooking spray, place onto baking sheets and bake for 25 - 30 minutes, until golden.