Adai Recipe/Adai Dosa Recipe - Karthigai Deepam Recipes

Adai Recipe/Adai Dosa Recipe

   Ingredients needed
   Raw rice - 1/2 cup
   Par Boiled rice (Puzhungal Arisi)- 1/2 cup
   Tur dal - 1/2 cup
   Bengal gram/channa dal - 1/4 cup
   Urad dal - 1 tbsp
   Green chilli -2
   Red chilli -3
   Ginger -1 small bit
   Asafoetida/hing -1/4 tsp
   Salt as required
   Oil for making adai ( sesame seed oil preferable)

   Ingredients to add to the batter
   Onion -2-3 finely chopped
   Coconut -2 tbsp grated
   Curry leaves - little
   Grated carrot -1/2 carrot (optional)
   Drumstick leaves -handful (optional)

Preparation

Soak rice and dal together for 4- 5 hours.

Grind it coarsely along with red chilli, green chilli, ginger, hing and salt. The batter should not be thick nor watery.

Add finely chopped onions, few tender curry leaves, grated coconut and drumstick leaves to the batter. Adai batter is now ready.

Method

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 3-4 holes with the back of the ladle and drizzle little oil on the holes also.  Let it get cooked.

Once cooked, flip it over 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 and serve it hot with chutney or butter or jaggery or idly milagai podi.

Enjoy the adai with butter and chutney.