Chataamari

Chatamari चतांमरी

Origin
Alternative name(s)	Rice pancakes, Nepali Style Pizza
Place of origin	Nepal
Region or state	Kathmandu

Chataamari (Nepal Bhasa:चतांमरी) is a kind of rice crepe. It is a special dish of Newars. It is a special form of newari "roti" made by rice flour. It is used specially during 'the guthis' of newars. It has been very popular among the other cultures as well, and many restaurants of Kathmandu serves this food, and some restaurants even have the names like Chatamari Restaurant.

Ingredients

Rice flour Paste 1 cup Rice Flour 1/3 cup lentil paste 1/6 teaspoon salt

Topping: 150 gram ground turkey or pork or mixture of both ¼ cup chopped onion ¼ cup green peas 1 tablespoon diced tomato 1 teaspoon diced hot green pepper 1 teaspoon garlic ½ teaspoon ginger 1 tablespoon oil Salt to taste

Cooking Utensils 1 damp cloth 1 flat pan with lid

Alternative Topping 1 Eggs

Alternative Topping 2 Ricotta Cheese and Sugar

Alternative Topping 3 Sugar

Procedure

Rice Flour and Lentil Base/Paste Lentil Paste: Black lentil is soaked overnight or until the black coating is easily removed. Black coating is removed by rinsing with water. The lentil paste is mixed with rice flour. (little bit thinner than cake paste)

Topping Everything is mixed well.

Cooking The flat pan should be heated on medium. Then the paste is kept on the hot pan in rolling action making as thin of sheet as possible. The topping is kept on the paste and cooking is done until the paste is done.

External links

• http://www.food-nepal.com/recipe/R055.htm
• http://www.cookbookwiki.com/Stuffed_Chatamari
• http://presen.schoolnet.or.jp/summer2006/web/46/h-f.html