East Indian

Chakuli Pitha (Odia Savory Rice-Lentil Crepe)

Name: Chakuli Pitha (Odia Savory Rice-Lentil Crepe)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: East Indian
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

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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.

30 min Easy Heart healthy Low sodium Vegetarian Pescatarian Vegan Halal Gluten free Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

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.

Watch how to cook Chakuli Pitha (Odia Savory Rice-Lentil Crepe)

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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.

The sharp little thing
- Coconut Chutney
  
  15 min

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.

Every tracked allergen in Chakuli Pitha (Odia Savory Rice-Lentil Crepe)
Allergen	In this dish
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

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 210 kcal
Protein: 6 g
Carbs: 36 g
Fat: 5 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 330 mg
Saturated fat: 1 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

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.