Ingredients: 2/3 cup plain short grained rice 1/3 cup par boiled rice 1 cup toor dal (pigeon peas) 1/4 cup channa dal (bengal gram) 1/4 cup whole urad dal (black gram) 2-3 dried red chillies ( or as per taste) 1/2 cup broken cashews 1/2 tsp asafoetida (as per taste) 1/4 cup grated coconut 1-2 green chillies (optional) Salt to taste Few sprigs of curry leaves

Method: * Wash the lentils and the rice in cold water. Then soak them along with dried chillies for at least 3 hours. * Drain the water from the soaked lentils and rice. * Grind them with very little water along with coconut, salt and asafoetida to form a coarse batter. * Add the curry leaves, green chillies along with the broken cashew pieces. Stir well. * Meanwhile heat the pancake puff pan (kuzhi paniyaram pan) with 1/4 tsp of oil in each of the depressions. Drop spoonful of batter inside each of the holes. * Cook until the underside gets brown and then turn it upside down and cook for another 2-3 minutes. * Serve with coconut chutney! Tasted delicious.




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