Adai (Lentil & Rice Dosa)
Author: Asha
Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 2-3
- Raw rice, 1 cup
- Split Pigeon Peas (Tuvar dal), ½ cup
- Split Green Gram (Moong dal), ¼ cup
- Bengal Gram, ¼ cup
- Red chillies, 5-6*
- Finely chopped onions, 1
- Water
- Salt to taste
- Oil to make the dosas
- Mustard seeds, 1 tsp
- Asafetida, ¼ tsp
- Curry leaves, 10
- Oil, 1 tbspn
- For the Batter, wash and clean the rice and lentils separately.
- Soak the rice for 6-8 hours and the lentils & red chillies for 3-4 hours.
- Grind the rice finely in a mixer with very little water (about ¼ cup or lesser).
- Once its ground finely, add the lentils, red chillies & salt and pulse it a few times till the lentils are coarsely ground.
- Transfer to a container and add water to give it a cake batter like consistency.
- Heat oil in a small pan.
- Add the mustard seeds, once it pops add the asafetida & curry leaves and pour this on to the dosa batter and mix well.
- Now add the chopped onions to the dosa batter.
- To make the Dosas, heat a flat pan.
- Spread oil across the pan. Pour a ladle full of batter on the hot pan and spread it in a circular motion.
- Pour ½ tsp oil on the sides of the dosa.
- Cook till its brown in colour.
- Flip it over and cook the other side.
- Transfer to a plate and serve hot with chutney!
The number of red chillies can be increased/decreased to suit individual palette.
Recipe by Spice Counter at http://spicecounter.com/breakfast/adai-lentil-rice-dosa/
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