Adai recipe, How to make adai

Adai is a protein rich Indian crepe prepared for breakfast in South India. This nutritious and healthy crepe is made with rice and dal and tastes delicious when served with apt curry. It is a tummy filling crepe and can be prepared easily without any hassle. My monthly cooking list will always hold adai at least once and i usually serve it with puli kuzhambu after tasting it at friend’s place. So lets get to that!

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Ingredients

Raw rice – 1 cup
Channa dal – 1/2 cup
Toor dal – 1/4th cup
Moong dal – 1/4th cup
Urad dal fistful
Red chili – 2 nos
Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
Small onion – 1
Water
Oil
Salt
Curry leaves a spring

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How to make adai with step by step images

adai

Wash and soak rice, urad dal, channa dal, toor dal and moong dal together in water for 3 hrs.
In a blender add soaked rice, dal ,red chili, cumin seeds and salt. Grind them into coarse batter.
Add chopped onions and curry leaves to the adai batter. Heat a tava and pour a ladle of batter and drizzle oil around the adai. When one side is done flip it over to the other side and transfer it a plate when done.
Serve hot with aviyal, mint chutney or puli kuzhambu!