Bottle gourd rotti(anapakaya)

Ingredients:
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Moong Dal – 100 grams
Chana dal– 100 grams
Urad dal– 50 grams
Hing – 1 pinch
Bottle Gourd – 300 grams
Green chili – 3-4 (chopped)
Ginger – small piece
Red Chili –(optional)
Salt
Baking Powder – ¾ teaspoon
Oil
Cumin Seeds – 2 teaspoons

Preparation:
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wash and soak all dals in water for 5-6 hours.
Drain water from lentils and grind finely in a mixer. Keep in a bowl.
Peel bottle gourd, wash and grate. Mix lentil paste, grated bottle gourd, green chili, ginger, salt and red chili and beat with a spoon. Add baking powder and beat.

Heat a nonstick kadai. Add 1 tablespoon oil and cumin seeds. When cumin seeds crackle, put a small portion of lentil mix in oil.spread it as rotti. Cover and cook on low flame for 4-5 minutes.

Uncover and turn rotti upside down, see if it has tuned brown and crispy. Cover and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Uncover, see if other side is also brown and crispy.

Place rotti on a plate n serve hot.