Jackfruit Seed Surnoli / Bikanda Surnoli
Surnoli is an Indian Pancake or Dosa Variety and a popular Konkani Breakfast Recipe. Made with cooked jackfruit seeds or Bikanda, this savoury dosa recipe from Saraswat cuisine is extremely light, spongy, gluten free and vegan.
Servings 20 Dosas
Equipment
- Mixer Grinder
- Dosa Tava
Ingredients
- 3 cups Rice (125 ml cup size) washed and soaked in 6 cups of water for 3 hours
- 20 nos Jackfruit Seeds or Bikanda (pressure cooked with salt, skin removed)
- 2 tbsp Urad Dal 1 tbsp is 15 ml
- 2 tbsp Poha
- 1 tsp Methi Seeds or Fenugreek seeds (to be soaked with rice)
- 1 tbsp Grated Coconut
- 1/2 tsp Haldi powder or Turmeric powder
- Water as required to grind the batter
- Salt to taste
- Oil as required to cook the Surnoli
Instructions
- Pressure cook the jackfruit seeds and mash them lightly. Grind them into a thick smooth paste by adding some water and keep aside.
- In a mixer grinder jar, add the soaked and drained rice, Urad Dal, soaked poha, methi seeds,grated coconut. Grind them using little water until smooth
- Add the thick jackfruit seeds paste and grind once again until the batter has mixed well.
- Remove the contents in a vessel. Cover and Allow it to ferment for 8 to 10 hours, preferably overnight.
- After the batter has fermented, add salt and turmeric powder. Mix lightly. Add some water to adjust consistency and start preparing the dosas
- Heat a griddle, add oil and lightly grease the pan.
- Pour a ladle of this batter and gently spread, pour few drops of oil on the side and cover the dosa pan with a lid. Note - you should not spread the batter like regular dosa. It has to be thicker like a uttapam, only then you will get the spongy effect and the perforation.
- Remove the dosa from the pan and serve immediately / store in a casserole until breakfast.
Notes
- Once the batter is fermented and ready, adjust the consistency of the batter by adding some water. It should neither be too thick nor thin like a dosa batter.
- You need a flat tava or griddle that should be seasoned with oil and wiped with a cloth / kitchen tissue before pouring the batter with a ladle.
- The gas flame should be MEDIUM and not high else it would burn the dosas from the bottom.
- A lid to cover and cook the dosas - Surnoli is cooked only on one side and doesn't need flipping.
- Pour a ladle of batter in the centre of the griddle, DO NOT SPREAD THE BATTER THIN LIKE A DOSA. It should be thick in order to achieve the perforated holes and sponge like dosas. Pour oil on the sides and cover immediately with a lid.
- Open the lid after a few seconds, take the dosa off the griddle and place them on a plate / hot pot / casserole. DO NOT FLIP AND COOK.