Kambu (Bajra) Adai (Pearl Millet Pancakes)

Ingredients

• Pearl millet – 2 cup
• Rice – ½ cup
• Toor dal – ½ cup
• Bengal gram – ½ cup
• Urad dal and green gram split – ¼ cup each
• Onion – 2 no
• Green chilli – 2 no
• Red chilli – 6 no
• Garlic cloves – 4 no
• Ginger – small piece
• Fennel seeds – 2 teaspoon
• Turmeric powder – ½ teaspoon
• Curry leaves – few
• Salt – as per taste
• Oil – for making adai

Method

• Soak pearl millet with rice; soak toor dal with Bengal gram; soak urad dal with green gram split; soak all the three sets in separate containers for 6 hours.
• Chop onion, green chilli, ginger and garlic; in a mixi jar add red chilli, green chilli, ginger, garlic, half of fennel seeds and salt; grind for few seconds.
• Add washed pearl millet and rice; grind to rava consistency and remove.
• Add Bengal gram, toor dal and grind coarsely.
• Add this with pearl millet paste; wash, drain, add urad dal and green gram in the pearl millet paste; add chopped onion, curry leaves, remaining one teaspoon fennel seed and turmeric powder with pearl millet paste; mix well, add some water and make a batter (like idli batter).
• Heat a skillet, pour one ladle of adai batter, spread and sprinkle some oil; when cooked, turn and cook the other side also till crisp; repeat for remaining batter also.
• Serve hot with chutney.

Tips

• No need to grind soaked urad dal and green gram.