Ingredients

• 3 cups - finely chopped coriander leaves
• 1/2 cup - finely chopped pudina leaves
• 2 cups - besan (chickpea flour)
• A handful - rice or corn flour
• 1 tsp - ginger-garlic paste
• 1 tsp - red chilli powder
• 1 pinch -turmeric powder
• 1 tsp - dhania powder
• 1/2 tsp - ajwain seeds (omam)
• 1 tbsp - oil
• 1 big pinch -cooking soda
• Salt

How to Make Kothambir Vadi

• In a wide bowl, mix all the ingredients thoroughly with water without any lumps. The batter should be like the dosa batter. Do not add more water.
• Take a cooker container and spread some ghee on it.
• Pour the batter and steam it in the cooker like idlis.
• Do not put on the whistle.
• Steam it for 15 minutes till it is cooked well.
• Check if cooked by inserting a knife. Cool and cut into squares.
• Take a non-stick pan and drizzle with some oil.
• Place the kothambir squares one by one and grill till crisp.