Foxtail Millet Nucchina Unde Recipe (Foxtail Millet and Lentil Dumplings)

Ingredients

• 1 cup Foxtail Millet
• 3/4 cup Arhar dal (Split Toor Dal)
• 1/4 cup Chana dal (Bengal Gram Dal)
• 1 tablespoon Yellow Moong Dal (Split)
• 1/2 cup Fresh coconut Grated
• 6 Green Chillies
• Asafoetida (hing) a generous pinch
• 2 Onion finely chopped
• 1 cup Coriander (Dhania) Leaves finely chopped
• Salt to taste

Steps

1. To begin making the Foxtail Millet Nucchina Unde recipe, wash and soak foxtail millet in a bowl for 6 to 8 hours.
2. Wash the toor dal, chana dal, moong dal and soak it for 3 hours. Drain the water and mix the lentils and millet. Mix the other ingredients along with them except onion and grind it to a coarse mixture.
3. Add salt, onion and quickly mix it with the coarse mixture. Grease the idli plates with ghee. Make lemon sized balls out of the coarse mixture and flatten it to resemble a malai chum chum.
4. Steam them for 15-20 minutes until they are done. Serve Foxtail Millet Nucchina Unde along withMasala Chai for a healthy evening snack.