Preparation time : 30 minutes
Number of serving : 5
Ingredients :
1. Par boiled rice (idly rice) - 1 cup.
2. Toor dal - 1 cup
3. Chopped onions - 5
4. Ginger - a small piece
5. Garlic - 5 to 6 pods
6. Red Chillies - 5
7. Chopped Mint - 1/2 cup
8. Chopped Coriander - 1/2 cup
9. Chopped Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
10. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp.
11. Salt - to taste
12. Oil - for making adais
Method :
1. Soak rice and dal together for 2 hours.
2.Make a paste of ginger, garlic, red chillies and keep aside.
3. In the blender, grind rice and dal by adding water as and when required. Transfer the batter into a container.
4. To the batter, add ground ginger garlic paste, chopped onions, mint leaves, coriander leaves, curry leaves, turmeric powder and salt. Mix thoroughly.
5.Test the consistency of the batter. The batter should resemble the consistency of idly batter.
6. Heat a dosa tava on medium flame. Take a ladle of batter and pour it on the dosa tava. Spread the batter with ladle and make a thick round adai. Sprinkle oil around it.
7. When the adai becomes brown on one side, flip it over and allow to cook on the other side.
8. When the adai is done, transfer it to a plate.
9. Repeat the same procedure with rest of the batter.
10.Serve adais with coconut chutney.
