Adai Recipe is one of the exclusive food Recipes in south Indian cuisine. Since it is a protein rich food and Adai Recipe is considered as a an easy to make wholesome breakfast recipe. Adai Recipe is considered very tasty as it contains all types of pulses and grains.
Wash all the dals and mix them in a container and soak overnight or for 3-4 hours.
Wash the rice and soak it separately.
Add five red chillies with the soaking dals.
Add all the soaked dals to the soaked rice and blend it into a coarse batter. Let the batter be slightly thick too.
Always use a bigger vessel as we need to add some more ingredients to it.
Now add grated ginger, chopped onion, chopped curry and coriander leaves and mix thoroughly.
Finally add pepper powder, asafoetida, jeera and required amount of salt and water and mix nicely and keep aside.
To get a rich golden brown colour you can add a small spoon of turmeric to it.
Let the batter rest for one or two hours atleast
Place a tava and heat it. Smear few drops of cooking oil all over the tava.
Check the spreading consistency of the batter and just spread it on the heat tava.
Pour oil or ghee around the adai and for added taste, put three or five holes in the adai with a knife and smear oil in those holes .
Then close it with a lid and simmer the flame for a minute or two
Now open the lid and keep it in high flame to make it crisp on all sides
Once that side is cooked flip it and cook on the other side.
Now the adai is ready
Place the hot adai in a plate and put a sppon ful of butter in the middle of the adai.
Put a spoon of jaggery near the melting butter.
Serve it with coconut chutney or onion chutney and a spoon of idli podi
Serving Size 1
Servings 0
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.