Thinai milagu malli adai (Foxtail millet pepper coriander crepes)

We can cook millets in various ways like soup, dosas, idly and rice varieties easily with no much effort. I have already posted few MILLET recipes. Kindly check out those to get an idea of cooking these healthy millets in our regular diet. Here is the recipe of the adai goes....

Serving: 8-10 adai

Cooking time: 4 mins for each adai

Ingredients:

Foxtail millet (thinai) - 1/2 cup
Channadal - 1/4 cup
Tuvardal - 3/4 tbsn
Split green moongdal - 3/4 tbsn
Split black uraddal - 3/4 tbsn
Peppercorns - 1/2 tbsn
Ginger - 1 inch
Coriander leaves - 1 cup (tightly packed, chopped)
Grated coconut - 1/4 cup (tightly packed)
Onion - 1/2 cup (chopped)
Oil for adai
Salt to taste

Method:

1. Grab all the ingredients. Wash and soak the millet with peppercorns, ginger in a bowl. Wash and soak all the dals in a bowl for 1 hr.

2. Grind the millet mixture by adding little water into a fine paste. Transfer it to a bowl.

3. Grind the dal mixture along with coriander leaves into a fine mixture. Add this to the bowl.

4. Add the coconut, onion, salt to the grinded mixture. Mix well.

5. Heat a dosa tawa. Pour a ladle full of batter and spread it like an uthappam. Drizzle oil around the edges. Let it cook for 2 minutes. You can close the tawa with a lid.

6. Flip the other side and let it cook for another 2 mins in medium flame.

7. Serve this adai with coconut chutney.

Notes:

You can try the recipe with other millets too.