ADAI

Adai is a south indian breakfast recipe which is made of lentils and rice along with the chili . This is a healthy and most filling tiffin recipe . It can be served along with aviyal, chutney, jaggery , curd and butter. This can also be made using the chopped drumstick leaves to make the adai more healthier. Lets look at the steps of making this adai recipe.

Preparation Time : 5 mints | Soaking Time : 3 - 4 hrs | Cooking Time : 45 mints | Makes : 8 adai

Ingredients :

Raw rice / Sona masoori rice - 1/2 cup

Par Boiled rice / Puzhungal Arisi - 1/2 cup

Toor dal - 1/2 cup

Channa dal - 1/4 cup

Moong dal - 1/4 cup

Urad dal - 1 tbspn

Green chili - 1

Red chili - 3

Ginger - 1 small piece

Hing - 1/4 tspn

Onion - 1/4 cup chopped

Coriander leaves - 2 tbspn chopped

Curry leaves - 2 tbspn chopped Salt - as required

Oil - for making adai

Steps :

1. Wash and soak rice and dhal separately for 3 - 4 hrs . Also soak the ginger , g.chili , red chili in a small bowl for 3 hrs.

2. Add the g.chili , ginger , red chili along with soaked water to the blender and grind it. Then add the rice to it and grind it to a coarse paste. Transfer it to a mixing bowl.

3. Add dal along with salt and hing to blender and use the pulse mode to grind this dal coarsely. Then add the dal mixture to the mixing bowl.

4. Mix both the rice and dal well and set aside. Rest the batter for 2 hours for fermentation. Before making adai,add the chopped onions,coriander,curry leaves and mix well. Adjust water as needed and the batter is now ready.

5. Heat a griddle or a non stick tawa and pour a ladle of batter and spread it in circular motion. Drizzle a tsp of oil around the adai. Make a small hole in the middle drizzle little oil on the holes also. Let it get cooked. Once cooked, flip it to the other side and drizzle another tsp of oil around the adai. Let it get cooked. After both sides are cooked well, remove from tawa. Repeat the process to make all adai.