Amboli (rice crepes for gravies). Amboli is very popular in Malvani cuisine. These thin rice crepes like Neer Dosa are good accompaniment for sabzi and curries. This is an instant vegetarian recipe that suits very well with chutney.
These ghavans or ghavne/Rice Crepes are made with rice & are stuffed. Ghavane is popular in konkan area. It is basically a rice pancake somewhat like neer dosa. You can cook Amboli (rice crepes for gravies) using 6 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Amboli (rice crepes for gravies)
- It's 4 Cups of Rice.
- It's 2 Cups of Split Black Gram/Urad Dal.
- It's 1 tablespoon of Methi seeds (Dry fenugreek seeds).
- Prepare to taste of Salt.
- It's of Oil for coating the pan.
- Prepare of Water to soak the grains.
But it tastes totally different from neer dosa. It is a quick breakfast recipe. Amboli is very popular in Malvani cuisine. These thin rice crepes like Neer Dosa are good accompaniment for sabzi and curries.
Amboli (rice crepes for gravies) step by step
- Mix together rice and methi seeds. Soak in sufficient water..
- Soak the urad dal separately.
- Let both the grains soak well for 6-8 hours.
- Post soaking time, using a little water, grind the rice and urad dal together into a smooth batter.
- The consistency of the batter should be similar to that of pancake batter, a little more thicker..
- Keep the batter in a warm place in a bowl/container with some space to leave on top to ferment overnight.
- Add salt to taste the next morning and mix well.
- Heat 1 teaspoon oil on a non stick pan and wipe it off carefully(just like you prep a pan for making a Dosa).
- Pour a ladle full of batter on the pan and spread slightly to create a thin sheet of batter over the pan.
- Cook covered for two minutes on side.
- When it starts turning golden brown at the bottom, gently flip and cook on other side uncovered for two more minutes.
- Remove from heat and serve hot with desired curries/coconut chutnies..
- My tip:during fermentation, the batter rise in volume and may spill if the container is exactly good for the batter. Hence choose a bigger container to ferment the batter..
Amboli is very popular in Malvani cuisine. Amboli is a typical Malvani preparation made with rice batter, soaked and grounded, then left to ferment overnight. Amboli is a thicker version of Dosa that is made with fermented rice batter. We use it for holy purposes but we also can pressure up a quick pulao or khichdi when hunger pangs are drumming away! Mix rice flour and salt and sieve.