Yes you can use split urad dal. You can use the poha that you have.

Thanks a ton.

Dassana, thanks very much for your response. Yes, there is a high probability that the food dehydrator will dehydrate the batter.

As the name indicates, it is a dehydrator. I think I will try the preheated oven. We don’t use room heater here. Only central heating system.

Since it gets bitterly cold during winter months, room heaters will not provide the necessary warmth. Keep up the great work you are doing. Thanks again.

Hi Rom, sorry could not reply earlier as I was travelling.

I am not sure how the dehydrator would work in fermenting the batter. I hope it does not remove a lot of moisture/water from the batter. But you can try with a small portion of the batter with about 30 to 35 degrees Celsius temperature.

If you use a room heater, you can keep the batter near it. This would help.

Another option is the instant pot which helps to ferment the batter perfectly. Now I use the instant pot in cold seasons, but earlier I would preheat the oven at 80 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes. Then place the batter in it. I did not have the option of keeping lights on in the oven, so I would turn off the oven, close the door with the batter bowl inside.

I hope these suggestions help.

I have a dehydrator for dehydrating foods. The minimum temperature setting on it is 40C. Do you think 40C temperature for the fermentation of the batter is ok or too much?

I want to try this dehydrator for fermentation and would like to hear your opinion on this. Thanks. Keep up the great work you are doing.

The urad dal is needed and the recipe may not work without the lentils. There is a regional goan variation made with rice only (which is called sanna) but it has some other ingredients added to it – like coconut, yeast or palm wine which is called toddy. You can check the recipe of sanna online and that will help.

Do you think it will work without other important ingredients Or do any suggestions you have?