Adai Dosa

Adai Dosa:

This is a healthier version of dosa as its combination of rice and lentils. It does not need much time for preparation. Now into the recipe..

Ingredients:

Idli Rice (boiled rice) – 1 cup

Raw rice – 1 cup

Urad dhal – 2 tsp

Chana dhal – 1 cup

Toor dhal – 1 cup

Green chilli – 3

Red chilli – 3

Asafotedia – 1 tsp

Onion – 2

Grated coconut - handful

Coriander leaves – handful

Curry leaves – handful

Ginger – 1 inch piece

Sesame oil – as needed

Rock Salt – as needed

Preparation:

Wash the lentils (dhal) and rice until the water runs clear and soak them together for 3 hours.

Chop the onion, coriander, few curry leaves into fine pieces.

Grate the coconut and keep it separately.

Method:

Grind the soaked dhal and rice coarsely in a mixie with ginger, green chilli, few curry leaves, red chilli and rock salt.

Now add asafotedia, chopped onions, coriander leaves, curry leaves, grated coconut to the grinded adai batter.

Add little water if you find the batter thick.

Heat an iron tava, now pour a ladle of batter on the hot tawa and keep spreading it in circular motion outwards.

Now make a small hole in the middle of the batter and pour one spoon of sesame oil around the adai and in the center.

Wait till its golden brown and cooked. Now flip the adai and cook the other side too.

Serve it hot with idli podi, jaggery, chutney or curd

Variation:

While adding chopped onions you can add grated carrots,  chopped drumstick leaves or both.