Jharkhand Cuisine ~ Dhuska

Dhuska is a savory breakfast dish from the Jharkhand region. It is prepared by frying a ground mixture of rice and chana dal. Wet batter is fried just like pooris. I had prepared Chettinad's vellai appam a few month's back and it was hard to miss the uncanny resemblance between the preparations of those and these dhuska. Serve these yummy dhuska with a spicy chutney.

Ingredients: (Yield 12 dhuskas)

1 cup rice

1/2 cup chana dal

1/2 tsp cumin powder

1/2 tsp crushed black pepper 

Salt to taste

1 tsp finely minced green chillies

1 tsp finely minced ginger

1 tbsp finely minced cilantro

Oil to fry

Method:

* Soak rice and chana dal overnight or at least for 4 hours.

* After the soaking period, grind fine into a thick batter using just enough water needed.

* Add cumin, pepper, salt, chillies, ginger and cilantro to the ground batter and mix well.

* Heat oil in a small kadai or deep frying pan. The oil is ready when a drop of batter is dropped, it sizzles and come to the surface. Drop a small ladleful of batter into the oil.

* It will puff up and rise to the surface, just as in case of pooris. Flip and toast the other side as well. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on absorbent towels.

* Repeat the steps with the remaining batter.
* Serve with a spicy chutney / curry.

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