This is a Lentil based thick pancake or dosai , which is filling and full of proteins . Generally its eaten with jaggery and butter or served with Avial .
In this particular recipe , whole blackgram dal is used with its outer covering .
Ingredients
- Boiled rice 2 cups
- Urad Dal ( whole ) 1/2 cup ( with skin)
- Tuvar dal 1/4 cup
- Salt 2 teaspoons
- Red chilies 7 to 8
- Asafoetida 1/2 teaspoon
- Coconut ( grated) 1/2 cup
- Curry leaves for garnish
- Sesame oil for shallow frying 1/2 cup
Method
- Soak the rice and dals in a wide bowl . Wash and clean, after two to three hours .
- Grind them coarsely , adding salt red chilies and asafoetida . Add half to one cup water , while grinding ,to make a thick batter.
- Add some curry leaves and coconut gratings . Mix well .
- In a tawa or a thick pan , grease adding a teaspoon of oil and add a ladle of the adai batter . With a back of the ladle, make a thick dosai .
- Add sesame oil all over the edges, of the Adai and in the centre . Make a hole in the centre and four to five holes around it . Add oil in them .
- Shallow fry, till they become , crisp and golden brown .
- Cook the other side too . Serve hot with jaggery and butter .
- A tasty , healthy high protein snack, is ready.
- Black pepper / Ginger can be added too , to make the Adai more flovourful.
- Reduce the quantity of the red chilies, if you add black pepper .
- Vegetables like onions, cabbage ,carrot drumstick leaves can be added.