Adai Dosa

Adai Dosa

Ingredients

1. Rice– 4 cups
2. Red gram/Toor dal/Togri Bele - 2 cup
3. Bengal gram dal/Kadle Bele/Channa dal – 1 cup
4. Moong dal/Heasru Bele/Green gram dal – 1 cup
5. Urad dal/Black gram dal?Uddina Bele – 3 Tbsp
6. Ginger – One inch
7. Red chillies – 2
8. Green Chillies -2
9. Grated coconut (Optional) – ¼ cup
10. Cilantro (Optional)- ¼ of a bunch
11. Salt to taste
12. Water as required for frinding the batter
13. Oil as required for making the dosas.

Method

1. Soak rice and dals ( 1 thru 5) separately overnight in water.
2. Grind the dals and rice separately to a batter of coarse consistency (Like Idli batter) by adding water as required. Add salt to the batter to taste.
3. Grind ingredients 6 thru 10 with water separately and add it to the batter. This is optional. You can just add salt to the batter and make the dosas and omit adding this.
4. This batter does not have to be fermented and can be made into dosas immediately.
5. Before making the dosas add some more water to the batter so that it is not too thick or watery. Should be in-between.
6. Heat the dosa tava/gridle on medium flame.
7. Take the batter in a ladle and pour it on the tava and spread the batter with the back of the ladle starting from the middle going outwards in circles. The dosas do not have to be too thin as you really cannot spread the batter too much.
8. Then take 1.5 tsp of oil and put it along the edge of the dosa and in the middle. Let is cook for 2-3minutes. The edges will start becoming glen brown and it is time to flip the dosa.
9. Cook the dosa on the other side and crispy delicious Adai are ready to be served.

Tip: If you have batter reaming and it becomes sour after couple of days. You can chop onions and add it to the batter and make the adai. Also this is a modified version of the adai that my mom makes. The one she makes back home is the original adai and it is made thick and crispy and just eating one aid will make you full. You can also add grated Carrots, finely chop mint leaves and onions to the addi dosai. When you spread the batter, spread this veg mixture on the dosa and cover with a lid. Then flip the dosa and cook the underside.