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  • noun Alternative spelling of uthappam.

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Examples

  • Raj uses his oven to great effect with both the usual - flaky paratha bread - and the unusual - uttapam, which is fermented rice-flour bread topped with toasted onion and garlic.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JOANNE KATES 2011

  • I learned to make dosas and uttapam—a thicker relative of the dosa that commonly incorporates coconut or a mix of onion, green chiles, cilantro and tomato into the batter—on a recent trip to Kerala and Tamil Nadu, two of the southernmost states in India.

    The Pancake of Possibilities Gail Monaghan 2011

  • Despite being free of sugar, fat, dairy, cholesterol and gluten—and containing fewer than 100 calories—both dosas and uttapam are super-satisfying.

    The Pancake of Possibilities Gail Monaghan 2011

  • I loved the goat biryani from Deshi Biryiani and the spread from Tiffin Wallah (veggie biriyani, uttapam, dhokla, and chaat).

    Margon Does Midtown Proud at Choice Eats | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2008

  • Take warning: fermented foods - like the Indian foods dosa, idli and uttapam that Kaur mentions - may be good for you or not, but the fact that they are fermented does not mean that they have beneficial probiotic bacteria.

    Fermented Food Isn't Cultured Food Steve Carper 2007

  • The onion uttapam was unreal, the tandoori lamb chops fantastically tender and tasty, and the crispy spinach flash-fried in the palak chaat was simply astonishing, one of those "I've never had anything like this" deals.

    Archive 2009-04-01 jkd 2009

  • At the eatery a display of typical Mangalore fare of buns, usli, uttapam, Kerala paratha, pole, pohe etc.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Anjali 2007

  • The onion uttapam was unreal, the tandoori lamb chops fantastically tender and tasty, and the crispy spinach flash-fried in the palak chaat was simply astonishing, one of those "I've never had anything like this" deals.

    Rasika jkd 2009

  • At the eatery a display of typical Mangalore fare of buns, usli, uttapam, Kerala paratha, pole, pohe etc.

    Neer Dosa and Appam in Mangalore Anjali 2007

  • Take warning: fermented foods - like the Indian foods dosa, idli and uttapam that Kaur mentions - may be good for you or not, but the fact that they are fermented does not mean that they have beneficial probiotic bacteria.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Steve Carper 2007

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