Moong Dal Banzi

Ingredients

• 1 cup Whole moong dal (heaped)
• 3 அல்லது 4 Boiled potato
• 3/4 cup Boiled green peas
• 15 Green chili (to grind)
• 1/2 inch piece Ginger (to grind)
• 2 pinches Asafoetida
• 1/2 Teaspoon Sugar
• 1/2 Teaspoon Cooking soda
• as needed Salt
• 2 1/2 Tablespoons Finely chopped coriander leaves
• 1/2 cup Chopped onion
• Oil (for cooking)

Instructions

1. Wash the moong dal and soak in water for 8 hours. Grind the ginger, green chili, and salt together with the soaked dal into a coarse, thick paste.
2. Peel and mash the boiled potatoes. Lightly mash the peas too. Saute the onion in oil.
3. Mix the mashed vegetables into the ground paste along with the sauteed onion, coriander leaves, sugar, and soda. Add 1 tablespoon of oil and knead into a stiff dough, like chapati dough.
4. Take two similarly sized wide pieces of banana leaf. Oil the inside of both, pat a fistful of the dough flat on one leaf like a thick pancake, and cover with the second leaf.
5. Heat a griddle and place the leaf packet on it as is. Cook on low heat until the leaf chars well. Flip and cook the other side the same way.
6. Peel off the leaf and serve hot with onion chutney or coconut chutney.
7. Note: if banana leaf isn't available, cook the dough directly on an oiled griddle over low heat, covered.