Ragi Adai Recipe

Ingredients:

Ragi flour – 2 cups
Whole wheat flour - 1/4 cup
Rice flour - 1/4 cup
Onion - 2 medium sized, finely chopped
Grated fresh coconut - 1/2 cup
Green chillies, finely chopped - 4
Grated ginger - 1 inch piece
Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp, finely chopped
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Salt - 1 1/2 tsp or to taste
Banana leaf - 1
Oil for shallow frying

Method:
1. Combine all ingredients, except banana leaf and oil, in a bowl.
2. Gradually sprinkle in 3/4 to 1 cup water and knead well to form a soft, pliable dough.
3. Pass banana leaf over a flame to wilt it. Oil it lightly.
4. Heat a tawa over moderate heat.
5. Oil your hands and pinch off a large lime-sized ball of dough. Pat dough with your fingers to form a 5 inch round adai on the banana leaf.
6. Gently life the leaf and flip it on to the hot tawa. The leaf will stick to the adai. When the adai starts to cook, the leaf will come off easily. Gently peel it off.
7. Drizzle oil around and over adai and cook on both sides till done.
8. Use the same piece of banana leaf to make remaining adai, oiling the leaf and your hands as required.

Serve with coconut chutney.