uthappam

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US/ˈu.təˌpʌm/UK/ˈuː.təˌpʌm/

noun

A pancake made from rice and lentil flour with tomatoes, spices etc.

OriginTamil ஊத்தப்பம் →
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Meanings

nounuthappam (plural uthappams)

plural uthappams · alternative uttapam · alternative utthapam

  1. A pancake made from rice and lentil flour with tomatoes, spices etc.

    In those days she had admired his pluralistic openness of mind, and struggled, in her kitchen, towards a parallel eclecticism, learning to cook the dosas and uttapams of South India as well as the soft meatballs of Kashmir.

    1988, Salman Rushdie, chapter V, in The Satanic Verses, page 255

Origin

  1. Tamilஊத்தப்பம்
  2. Tamilஊத்தப்பம்
  3. Englishuthappam

Borrowed from Tamil ஊத்தப்பம் (ūttappam, “raised pancake”).

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APA

uthappam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uthappam

MLA

“uthappam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uthappam. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uthappam,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uthappam.

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