Ragi Murungai Keerai Adai Recipe-Finger Millet Flour & Drumstick Leaves Savory Flatbread

Adai is a nutritious dish from Chettinad cuisine. It is mostly made from a combination of of dal, rice, millet and veggies. Course : South Indian Breakfast Ingridients : 1 cup Ragi Flour (Finger Millet/ Nagli) 1 cup Drumstick Leaves (Moringa/Murungai Keerai) , chopped 1 Onion , chopped 3 Green Chillies 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera) 1 tablespoon Oil Salt , to taste Lukewarm Water , as needed Instructions To begin making Ragi Drumstick Leaves Adai recipe, first clean and finely chop the drumstick leaves and keep aside.Place a pan on medium heat and add 1 teaspoon oil it. Once the oil is hot, add cumin seeds and allow them to crackle. Once the cumin seeds crackle, add the finely chopped onions, green chilies and saute till the onions turn transparent. Do not brown the onions. At this stage, add the chopped drumstick leaves.Saute the drumstick leaves on low heat till the raw aroma from the leaves goes away and the leaves are cooked through. This would take about 5 to 7 minutes.  If the drumstick leaves are not cooked well, the adai may taste bitter when cooked. Once the drumstick leaves are cooked well, turn of the heat and let the drumstick leaves mixture cool.Meanwhile place a Sauce Pan With Handle on high heat and add 2 cup water to it. Bring it to boil and add some salt.Take 1 cup ragi flour in a Mixing Bowl. Add the cooked drumstick leaves mixture and mix well. Now slowly add boiling water to the ragi mixture and keep mixing with a wooden spatula. Make sure no lumps are formed. Once it is mixed well, carefully mix the dough with hands. The dough should be soft and sticky. If the dough is too dry, the adai will break while flattening it and will also become hard on cooking.Place a Cast Iron Skillet/ tawa on a medium heat.Make a lemon sized ball of the Ragi mixture, one at a time. Keep rest of the dough covered with a wet cloth. Flatten the ball on banana leaf into desired size of round shape. Carefully lift the banana leaf and place it on hot tawa, and slowly peel it away from the adai. Let the adai cook on one side fully. Then flip it to cook the other side. Drizzle little oil on both sides. Let the adai become crisp from both the sides.Once the adai is cooked and is crispy on both the sides, place the adai in a serving plate.Serve Ragi Drumstick Leaves Adai recipe hot with Carrot Peanut Chutney Recipe or South Indian Coconut Chutney and Coffee