Brown Bread and Dalia Uthappam / Cutlet

This fiber rich snack / tiffin item can be served to all age groups including diabetic people.When giving it to kids make sure to add ghee or butter
Learnt this recipe from a TV program.But it was shown with regular white bread and sooji. But I tried with Brown Bread and Broken Wheat Rava / Dalia

Ingredients
Part 1 - Soaking Items

• Dalia / Broken wheat rava - 2 cups
• Diet curd or full cream curd - 2 cups
• Salt - 2 teaspoons

(use full cream curd for kids)

Part 2 - Vegetables

• Carrot - 1 no: (medium sized)
• Radish - 1 no: (medium sized)
• Cabbage - 1/2 cup
• Capsicum - 1 no: (medium sized)

Grate the above mentioned vegetables

• Onion - 1 cup (finely chopped)
• Peas - 1/4 cup (boiled and mashed)
• Green chilly - 4 nos (finely chopped)
• Ginger - small piece (grate it)
• Coriander leaves - little (finely chopped)

Part 3 - Base

• Brown bread - 15 slices
• Oil / Ghee - for cooking

Remove the corners of the bread and cut into round shape with a help of a lid / mold

Method
Step 1 - Soaking

• Dry roast dalia for few minutes till the raw smell goes

• Cool and grind it in a mixer.It should be like regular sooji consistency

• Put curd and salt to it and mix well

• Leave it for an hour

Step 2 - Base Spread

• In a mixing bowl add grated carrot, cabbage, radish, capsicum and boiled peas

• Slowly add the soaked dalia to it and mix well

• Put finely chopped onions, green chillies, ginger and coriander leaves.Mix well again

• Now the base spread is ready

Step 3 - Making Uthappams / Cutlets

• Smear the bread slices with butter (optional - only for kids)
• Apply the base spread using a bread knife over the round bread slices

• Heat a tawa / pan.Put the coated bread slices carefully in the heated tawa.Make sure the coated side gets cooked first

• Add few drops of oil / ghee (optional) around the bread slices.Cook in a medium flame for 3 minutes
• Flip it carefully.You will be able to notice a nice brown crust as seen below in the pic

• Turn it over once again after a minute and apply butter if serving it to kids.Otherwise skip this step

• Take it after few seconds and serve hot with tomato ketchup