Bajra Lauki Chilla

Ingredients:

Bajra atta - 2 cup
Lauki / Doodhi (grated) - 1.5 cup
Ginger - 1 inch
Garlic cloves - 10-12
Green chili - 4
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Kashmiri red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp or as per taste
White sesame seeds - 5 tsp
Lemon juice - 4 tsp
Hing - 1/2 tsp
Green coriander (finely chopped) - 1 cup
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Method:

1. Add chopped ginger, garlic cloves, green chilies in a blender and grind them coarsely
2. Add bajra atta, grated lauki in a mixing bowl. Add lauki immediately after grating or it will turn black
3. Mix nicely
4. Add turmeric powder, red chili powder, salt, ginger chili paste, 2 tsp white sesame seeds, lemon juice
5. Add water as per required and make a nice batter
6. Add hing, green coriander and mix
7. Make sure the batter is neither too thick nor too watery
8. Heat tawa and add 2 tsp oil

9. Lower the heat and add 1/4 tsp mustard seeds and 1/4 tsp sesame seeds

10. Over them add 2 ladles of batter and spread it

11. Spread it according to your choice, small or big

12. Sprinkle 1/4 tsp sesame seeds over it

13. Flip it when it appears to be cooked from bottom

14. When it is cooked from both sides, take it out in a plate

15. Serve it hot with green chutney and curd or raita