Adai: Protein Rich Dish

A perfect blend of pulses, rice and other classic spices will yield you a tasty ADAI...!!!

INGREDIENTS:

I used to avoid bengal gram/kadalai paruppu completely since it causes flatulence [gastritis] .Though its optional as per your taste, if you're adding, add 1/4 cup for this proportion.

1. Toor Dhaal/ Thuvaram Paruppu: 3/4 cup
2. Urad Dhaal/ Ulutham Paruppu: 1/4 cup
3. Boiled rice/ Puzhungal Arisi: 1 cup
4. Raw rice/ Pacchai arisi: 1/2 cup
5. Red Chilles: 4-7 nos according to ur taste
6. Hing/ Perungayam: 2-3 tspn
7. Ginger: 2 size inch
8. Salt: as req

Method:

1. Wash and soak ingredients number:1,2,3,4 and bengal gram/kadalai paruppu (which is optional, as mentioned above) all together for 2 hours.
2. Drain the water and add the soaked ingredients to a big jar of a mixie or to a grinder[optional]. After adding the soaked ingredients, add red chillies, hing/perungayam, ginger and salt and grind by adding some water to a batter form. grind coarsely to a rava consistency.
3. Ferment the batter for 4-5 hours.
4. Heat a tawa, grease with oil/ghee and start preparing the tasty ADAI..!
5. Suggestion: You can fine slice the onions and fine chop the coriander leaves and add it to the batter and prepare the ADAI.
6. Also you can add grated coconut or chopped cabbage or drumstick leaves [murungai keerai] or vaazhai poo [banana flower] to this batter and prepare ADAI.
7. Adai goes well with, jaggery, avial. butter and ghee.. If nothing of these are available, plain adai itself tastes very very good.

I've garnished the batter with finely sliced onions and chopped coriander leaves.
This really tastes very good!

Protein rich Adai is all set to flavour your taste buds!!