Tuesday, February 3

Adai Dosa

It's been a long time since my last post... I went to India for a few weeks , had been busy with other things for the past three months, and now Iam ready to start posting . Adai dosai is a popular tiffin in Tamilnadu and I hope You all like this simple yet tasty recipe.

Ingredients

Raw rice-1/2 cup
Boiled rice or Idly rice- 1/2 cup
channa dal - 1/2 cup
toor dal- 1/4 cup
urad dal- 1/4 cup
red chillies- 4 to 5 or acc to taste
onion-1 chopped finely ( u can use sambar onions too)
curry leaves- a few chopped finely
coconut- 2 tsps grated(optional)
asafoetida- a pinch
salt - to taste
garlic-1 small clove (optional)

Method

Wash and soak the rice and dals for 2 to 3 hours.
Grind it along with salt, asafoetida, coconut ,red chillies and salt into a coarse paste by adding little water.The batter should not be thin and should be thicker than the dosa batter.Add the onions and curry leaves to the batter and mix it well.
Heat the tava, pour a ladleful of the batter and spread it thick.Drizzle some oil on the sides and flip over when it is golden brown.
Serve hot with coconut chutney or avial.

Note:

If you want the adai to be more crispy add 3/4-1 cupof channa dal and 1-2 tbsp each of toor and urad dal.
If you want the adai to be more healthy , you can add more dals like masore and moong dals too.
You can cut the coconut into teeth like pieces and add to the batter along with onions(instead of grinding).

28 comments:

Cham said...

How r u Prema? Glad to see you back! Is there any tamilian who deosn't love adai? Looks tasty ur whole plate!

indosungod said...

Welcome Back! Prema.
I love the fact that there is no fermenting involved with the adai batter.

Deepthi Shankar said...

good to see you back Prema. I love Adai dosa .. delicious

Raks said...

I love this one Prema, Yours looks lovely coloured!! Hope you had a great time there in India:)

Raks said...

I love this one Prema, Yours looks lovely coloured!! Hope you had a great time there in India:)

Finla said...

Welcome back, dosa looks so yumm.

Chitra said...

welcome back!!Hope u had a nice time:)Love ur adai.am drooling!!Do visit my blog at ur free time:)

FH said...

Good to see back, Prema. I made a Adai too last week for RCI Chettinadu. Looks great there, love the chutney too.Keep posting! :))

kamala said...

Grt to see you back Prema..I too posted this recently only..Looks delicious...Lot of virus and network problems..So taking break for sometime

Suganya said...

This is my fav. Looks so good. Nice recipe. YUM!

Jayashree said...

Good to see you back.

Pallavi said...

Welcome back! the dosa looks great!

Madhoo.S.Gargya said...

Hello Prema....it's good to see u back.I have been following ur blog for a while now and love all your recipes.

myscrawls said...
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myscrawls said...

Your adai dosa recipe looks very good and I am very tempted to try it out. Your cookbook is also very nicely organized and I had fun browsing through it.

I have only recently started trying out various dishes and posting them in my blog. Do visit my blog, particularly Anu's Kitchen section, when you get a chance. The url is My Scrawls

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Bharathy said...

Wow nice to see after the long break, Prema..(i am still hibernating):)
adai is mostly the evning snack to kids after school...:)
Today I soaked channa dal to make masal vadai and googled...alas! yours came as the third one :)...so rushing to the kitchen...oops its already 4.14...
will get back to you after I am through :)

Anyway nice to see you back blogging, Prema :)

Shah cooks said...

welcome back!! adai is always a fav here.

Linda said...

Hi Prema, so nice to see you back!

Sia said...

good to see u bk Prema. and that too with my fav breakfast :)

Shobana senthilkumar said...

Hi prema,
nice to see u after a long time...Warm welcome...adai looks perfect..

Priya dharshini said...

I tried this recipe..the taste is awesome..i got some color ,texture as in ur picture...good...keep going..with good recipes

Usha said...

Adai is my favorite and yours looks lovely :-)

AMIT said...

I like it.Nice shared.

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Cook-curry Nook said...

Hi Prema
Nice post. I love Adais with home-made butter and tomato ketchup. I make it quite often.
Btw, this dish is just called 'Adai' and not Adia Dosa as I've noticed most people do!

rups28 said...

hey prema.. this is my first visit to ur blog.. u dont have to ferment it rt like we do for idli or dosa???? btw, it looks yummy, wana try it, so pls reply bk. Thanks.

Kala Nair said...

Adai Dosa recipie was nice...thanks
I happened to come acrosss your blog when i looked for adai dosa recipie.
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usasnowflakes said...

Hi Prema - so sweet of you .I tried this Adai today with the help of your post and Tamilian friend.It came out so good.Thank you so much