Peel the skin of the shallots and chop them into thin slices. Let this be in roundels, do not chop them finely.
Add a pinch of salt to this and mix well.
Keep this aside.
Heat a dosa griddle and when it becomes hot, keep the flame to medium and pour a laddle full of batter to make a small circle.
Smear a handful of sliced onions which should cover the entire circle.
Smear oil on the top.
When it partially cooked , just flip the uttapam carefully .
Gently pat the uttapam with the dosa flipper (dosa tiruppi).
This will help the onions to get infused into the dosa and no onions will come out.
Keep this in a medium flame for a minute and smear oil .
If adding butter or ghee add at this stage.
Serve hot with your favourite side dish.
Notes
1. The batter which I used here is the same one that I used for kuzhi paniyaram.2. No need to saute the onions but if you want you can do so.3. Do not add onion to the batter also, as this will not give a perfect shape or taste to the uttapams.4. Always serve this hot and ensure that the onions should cover the entire dosa.5. Do not make this too thick, as there are chances of getting uncooked in the center part.6. You can also smear a tsp of idli milagai podi after adding onions to the small onion uttapam.
