Sadda Garallu or Pearl Millet Pancake is a traditional roti made with this Millet and Jaggery. It is a healthy dish to enjoy anytime.
Athamma and Hubby Dear are fond of Ragi, Sada, and Jonna. We frequently keep making different dishes with these millets.
Both Bajra and Ragi are quite common at home. So I went along with Bajra. Bajra is known as Sadda or Sajja in Telugu. With Sajja Pindi or Bajra flour, we make different dishes like garralu, Rotti, and Dosa. Each one was really enjoyed with much relish.
Sadda Garallu ~ Pearl Millet Jaggery pancake.
Ingredients Needed;
Sajja Pindi - 2 cups
Jaggery - 1 cup
Cardamom - 3/4 tsp
Grated coconut - 2 tbsp
Poppy Seeds - 2 tsp
Oil for cooking the pancakes
Method to prepare:
Soak the jaggery for a half-hour for it to get soft. Melt it in about 1 cup water overheat to get a jaggery liquid. This should not be cooked beyond the point the jaggery gets dissolved. Remove from heat and let it cool. Strain it if you find any scum is found in the jaggery. Then add the cardamom and let it just get heated up so that the cardamom leaves its aroma.
In a bowl, take the Sadda Pindi, add 1 tbsp of grated coconut to the flour. Mix well. Then slowly add the jaggery water and gather to form a dough. The consistency of the dough should be such that, when you make balls and pat it down, it should get rolled out and should not break on the edges.
For rolling out, you can use plastic bags, wet cloth, or banana leaf. Divide into equal balls. and gently pat it down to form 5 to 6-inch circles. Press the poppy seeds and the remaining grated coconut over it, so that it sticks.
Heat a tawa, spread oil and gently remove the patted pancake over it and cook on both sides. Deep fry these as they do traditionally, else you can shallow as well as this fried garallu.
Everything got to be cooked on medium heat as else it might turn a little bitter.
I have been thinking for a long about a cardamom dish but we mostly add them as flavoring spice in most of our sweet dishes. And this garralu tastes yummy with cardamom aroma teasing us to the core!
vandana rajesh says
Srivalli ...nice blog ..have something for u on my blog..do have a look.Also have forwarded my entry for ur steamed dishes event.
kamala says
Never made this valli...New to me.Like ur enthu always
satya says
Awesome Srivalli..! thanks for bringing out the rustic beauties one after other...and introducing different terms too...sajjalu I know...But sadda is a new word....recipe seems like shallow fried arisalu..do they taste similar?
Siri says
Yo Yo!, Lovely looking garelu Valli and great post..Thanks for all the kind words..;)
Siri
Sunshinemom says
Again a good recipe I never knew! So nutritious too, good:)
Arundathi says
you made all three? 🙂 this pancake looks really good!!
Cham says
He he Valli, i got the same riddle but got it right. Never made this pancake sound healthy and sweet too 🙂
Hetal says
These pancakes are very new to me but they are so nutritious,gr8 work!!
Uma says
they are so good, srivalli! never heard of them even being an andhrite! Kudos to your recipes.
Kalai says
Delicious use of millet, Valli! Yummy entry for both events! 🙂
bhags says
Seems ur twins really give u a hard time....this is a nice recipe and an addition to my source...thanks
Madhuram says
I have also made this one earlier. But this is a little bit similar to the dish I'm going to post using ragi. Yes, millet is my ingredient too.
Arundathi says
valli - dont forget to post the link back in the IFL forum to complete the loop 😉
Sandeepa says
Millet as in Raagi or what ?
Kamini says
Never had this before - will certainly give it a try.
Divya Vikram says
The IFL is fun..Nice riddle..And u have made so many dishes with the ingredient..U rock Valli
Shri says
Mouth watering dish.Sure will give it a try.
easycrafts says
Thanks for participating
Srivalli says
Thank you everybody for your lovely comments. I am really sorry that I couldn't acknowledge each of you! But I really appreciate you taking time to comment!