Adai is one of the most special & healthy breakfast/dinner recipes for South Indians especially for people in Tamil nadu & Kerala.Both mom & MIL usually make adai for dinner & especially for guests.Few years back i shared my mom’s crispy adai version.Today i have shared my MIL’s recipe here which she has been following for years.It comes out soft as well as crispy.Adai avial is the most famous combo everywhere.But i have not tasted it so far.We personally like adai with sugar & coconut chutney.Lets see how to make our family’s traditional adai recipe.
Adai recipe
Adai recipe – South indian breakfast recipe using rice & lentils
Cuisine: Indian
Category: Breakfast
Serves: 15 nos
Prep time: 2 Hours
Cook time: 10 Minutes
Total time: 2H10M
- Boiled rice/Idli rice – 2 cups
- Chana dal – 1/2 cup
- Toor dal – 2 tbsp
- Urad dal – 2 tbsp
- Red chillies – 7-8 nos ( i used byadgi,if using spicy chillies add 5 nos)
- Salt & water – as needed
To add in the batter
- Small onions – 20 nos
- Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
- Finely chopped ginger – 1 tsp
- Finely chopped coconut bits – 1 tbsp ( optional)
- Asafetida/Hing – 1/4 tsp
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METHOD
- Wash and soak the rice for 2 hours.Wash & soak the dals together for 2 hours minimum.
- While grinding,drain all the water.In a big mixie jar,take the red chillies,salt and hing.
- Grind it coarsely without adding water.Then add the drained rice and grind it like rava adding required water.Remove the batter.Add the drained dals and grind it coarsely adding less water.
- Remove and mix with rice batter.Add 1/4 tsp of hing.Mix well.Let the batter ferment for 3-4 hours as we want mild sourness.We usually soak rice n dal around 10 am & grind the batter at 12 pm.We make adai for dinner around 7 pm.So ferment the batter based on the weather in your place.U can also make this adai instantly without fermenting the batter if u don’t want sourness in the batter.
- Before making dosa,add finely chopped onions,ginger,coconut bits,curry leaves and mix well.Adjust the consistency of batter adding 1/4 cup of water if it is very thick.Heat dosa pan and pour a ladle ful of batter.Spread it & make it thick or thin as per your wish.I always make it thin as my family likes that way.After making dosa,keep the flame medium high and drizzle a tsp of oil over the adai.Close it with a lid & cook for a minute.Then flip the dosa,add little oil if necessary & cook for a minute again.
Remove the dosa and Enjoy with avial/sugar or coconut chutney !
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Note
- For variations,u can add a tbsp of moong dal along with other dals.
- To make crispy adai,grind the batter slightly coarse & make it thin adding little more water.
- You can also add more toor dal to get crispier adai.
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Enjoy this healthy,yummy rice & lentil adai dosa with chutney & sugar.Sugar is my fav side dish for adai
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