Fox millet / thinai spicy paniyarram / appam ( gluten free)

 Now people are getting more health conscious and are going back to eating millets coming to know its various health benefits. Then, people also wonder as to what can be made with millets, well right from idli, dosa, appam, pancakes, one can use one's imagination to use it to make cookies too. I've used millets to make cakes and it has come out really good.

INGREDIENTS
thinai / fox millet  1 cup
rice flour 2-3 tbsp
beetroot grated  1/2 cup
jaggery 1 tbsp
salt to taste
green chilies to taste
ginger 1 " chopped
ghee to cook
sesame seeds  1 tbsp

METHOD
wash and soak thinai for 4 hours, drain and grind with chilies and ginger to a coarse paste, then add beetroot, jaggery and grind to a fine paste, if need be add water in which it was soaked.
pour the mixture in a bowl, add rice flour salt, sesame seeds mix well.
Heat an appam pan/ poaching pan, add little ghee in each little hole, pour a ladle full of batter in each, starting from the sides then put the centre one last, as it gets cooked fast. Cover and cook in medium flame till it is light brown down, flip them all, cover and cook till done. 
Serve hot with coconut chutney or any other chutney of your choice.
This is a very healthy snack, can be served for breakfast or evening tea time.

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