Sama Panki Recipe (Farali Sama Panki)

Ingredients

• 2 cups sanwa millet (sama)
• 1/2 cup rajgira (amaranth) flour
• 4 tbsp arrowroot (paniphal) flour
• 2 tbsp ghee
• 1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
• 3/4 cup sour curds (khatta dahi), beaten
• rock salt (sendha namak) to taste
• 1 tbsp finely chopped coriander (dhania)
• 1 1/2 tsp ginger-green chilli paste
• 6 banana leaves (kele ka patta), cut into 150 mm x 150 mm. square pieces
• 2 tsp oil for greasing and cooking
• green chutney.

Steps

1. To make sama panki, blend the sanwa millet in a mixer to a fine powder and keep aside.
2. Transfer it to a bowl, add the rajgira and arrowroot flours, curds, rock salt, coriander, ginger-green chilli paste, cumin seeds, ghee and 1 ½ cups of water in a bowl and mix well to make a batter of pouring consistency. Cover and keep aside to ferment for 1 hour.
3. Grease one side of each banana leaf with a little oil and keep aside.
4. Pour 1 1/2 tbsp of the batter on one half of the greased side of a banana leaf and spread it evenly to make a thin layer.
5. Cover with the other greased banana leaf with the greased side facing downwards.
6. Heat a non-stick pan or a tava (griddle) and cook it on a medium flame till light brown spots appear on both the sides of the leaves and the panki peels off the leaf easily.
7. Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 34 more pankis.
8. Serve the sama panki immediately.