Adai - Lentils and Rice Dosa

Adai a protein-rich, spicy breakfast dish of Tamil Nadu made of dals and rice.

Ingredients:

1 cup raw rice
1/4 cup tur dal
1/4 cup moong dal
1/4 cup channa dal
1/4 cup urad dal
(handful of whole moong and kabuli channa - brown or white variety, can also be added)
4 to 5 dry red chillies
A small piece of ginger
3 green chillies
1/4 tsp asofoetida
Curry leaves
1/2 tsp of mustard seeds
Salt to taste
Oil

Method:

1.  Wash and soak the rice and all the dals in water overnight.  Drain and grind along with red chillies, ginger, and 2 green chillies into a fairly coarse batter by adding water as necessary.  Keep aside.

2. In a small kadai, heat oil, add the mustard seeds.
3. When it starts to splutter, add 1 finely chopped green chilli and curry leaves.

4.  Pour this into the batter.  Add salt and asofoetida and mix well.

5.  Heat a dosa tawa, pour ladleful of batter and spread it in a circle as done for a dosa.  Pour some oil over this.  When lightly brown, flip over and pour some more oil and cook until the adai becomes golden brown.  

6. Remove on to a plate and serve hot with coconut chutney, or mulagapodi, or salted butter (Amul).
7. Prepare more adais from the remaining batter.