Red Cholam Kara Adai

Red Cholam (Sorgham Red) or Irumbu Cholam

Ingredients

Red Cholam – 11/2 cup

Channa Dal (Kadalai Paruppu) – ½ cup

Thoor Dal (Thuvaram Paruppu)- ¼ cup

Urad Dal (Ulutham paruppu) – 2Tbspn

Red Chilli – 6 Nos

Hing Pwder – 1/4tspn

Sombu (fennel seeds)– 1tbspn

Seeragam (Cumin seeds) – 2 tspn

Curry leaves – 2 string

Salt – to taste

Small Onion – 1/4Kg

Drumstick leaves (Murungai keerai)- 1 cup (Optional)

For batter

Soak all Dal’s together for one hour

Soak Red cholam separately for 4 hours

Grind Red cholam first without adding water and then add all the dal’s (Paruppu vagaigal) and grind it coarsely (not into fine paste) along with red chilli and Sombu. 

Then take curry leaves and 10 small onions – grind it roughly and mix with the batter.

Chop remaining onions.

In a kadai add gingely oil – 1tbspn. Once the oil get hot, add seeragam, hing powder. Fry it. Then add chopped onions and sauté it. Now add drumstick leaves and fry for few mins. Cool this mixture and add then add it to the batter. Add salt to taste.

Mix all the ingeredients. Heat tawa and pur two ladle of batter into it and spread it to the form of dosa using your hands (if the batter is thick- I prefer). Or use ladle to spread the batter. Add Gingely oil on the sides and all over the adai cook it for few mins. Turn to the other side and again cook it. We should feel the aroma when the adai get cooked. Keep medium flame to avoid it gets burned at the bottom. 

Here goes the tasty Irungu cholam kara adai. Once in a week we can take this adai variety which gives all kinds of energy to our health. 

Health Benefits of Sorghum/ Irungu Cholam
Red Cholam is a great source of vitamin B6, riboflavin, thiamin, along with minerals like potassium, magnesium, iron and manganese. The name denotes the Iron content in it. Irumbu was pronounced as Irungu and is known for long shelf life. One ounce serving of Red cholam is packed with eight-one calories offering you a punch of calorie rich diet that too with several other beneficial minerals and vitamins. It is a great source of diet that is beneficial for bowel movement and it should be added in regular diet.

Red Cholam is also rich in Protein, Gluten free diet. It is also instrumental in offering strength to bones and keep teeth healthy by giving them energy.

Red cholam controls Cholesterol.  Healthy fats found in sorghum drastically cut down bad (non-HDL) cholesterol. Good (HDL) cholesterol was left unaffected.