Adai / Lentil Crepes

I ate Adai a couple of months back at one of our Tamilian friends place. I was surprised that I had not eaten this before, in fact, I was not aware of this dish. mmm.. Well, as they say, better late than never.  :) But still, I did not try it soon enough. And last day, as I spoke with my mom, she said that she made Adai. I was like, " Oh mommy, I also wanted to make this.. ". Thanks to mum for reminding me :) Love her.. So there it goes. I tried the recipe today and Oh my, it turned out great. We loved it and had lots of them :) Here is the recipe for you friends.. 

Ingredients


Step 1

• Raw rice / Idli rice - 1/2 C
• Salt - to taste
• Oil - 1/2 C
• Boiled rice - 1/2 C
• Toor dal - 1/2 C
• Bengal gram / Chana dal - 1/4 C
• Urad dal - 1/4 C
• Green chilli -2
• Red chilli -3

Step 2

• Asafoetida -1/4 t
• Onion, finely chopped - 2 
• Coconut, grated - 2 T
• Curry leaves - a few
• Cilantro leaves - a few
• Ginger -1'' small bit
• Drumstick leaves - a handful (optional)

Method

• Soak rice and dal for 5 hours.
• Grind rice and dal adding red chilli, green chilli, ginger and salt. 
• Make sure that the batter is not too thick or too watery. 
• Add asafoetida, onions, curry leaves, cilantro, coconut and drumstick leaves to the batter.
• Mix the batter very well.
• Meanwhile, heat a non stick tawa on medium high.
• Pour a ladle of batter on to the tawa and spread it in circular motion. 
• Add a teaspoon of oil around the adai. 
• Allow it to cook until the ends start loosening.
• Flip the adai and allow to cook for 2 minutes. 
• Once both the sides are cooked, remove adai from the tawa.
• Serve yummy adai with chutney or milaga podi. 

Notes

I did not get drumstick leaves - this is optional