We are towards our final week of Cooking Carnival in mega Blogging Marathon and for this week I am sharing Adai,aapam and uthappam recipes.As these recipes also comes under dosa category,I decided to share.
For the day 1,I am sharing an adai made with quinoa and lentils.Adai is made with of lentils and rice is most of the households in South India.
But this recipe is rice free and I used quinoa,broken wheat.The taste of the adai is almost like the regular adai.The only thing needs to be careful is rinse the quinoa with water for several times.Otherwise it will end up in a bitter taste.Let's move on to the recipe..........
Basic InformationPreparation time 25 minutes
Soaking time - 2-3 hours
Cooking time 3-4 minutes
Makes 5- 6
Ingredients
Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
Quinoa | 1/2 cup |
Broken wheat/cracked wheat | 1/2 cup |
Toor dhal/thuvaram paruppu | 1/4 cup |
Channa dhal/kadala paruppu | 1/4 cup |
Moong dhal/paasi paruppu | 1 tbs |
Red chilly/varamilagai | 3-4 |
Fennel seeds/sombu | 1/2 tsp |
Ginger/inji | 1 inch piece |
Garlic/poondu | 1 clove |
Salt | 1 tsp |
Asafoetida/perungayam | a generous pinch |
Onion(finely chopped) | 1 (large size) |
Curry leaves | 2 sprigs(finely chopped) |
Coriander leaves | 2-3 tbs(finely chopped) |
Oil | as needed to cook |
Method
- Wash and soak the dhals and broken wheat,quinoa together with water.Let it soak for 2- 3 hours.After soaking completely drain the water and grind the red chilly,fennel,garlic,ginger,and the soaked mixture with little water to a bit coarse paste.
- Transfer the ground batter to a bowl,to this add the finely chopped onion,curry leaves and coriander leaves. Add in salt and asafoetida and mix it well,adjust the consistency with water.
- Heat a griddle in a medium flame,once the griddle becomes hot pour a ladle full of batter and spread it.
- Drizzle a tsp of oil and cook it for a minute or two,till it becomes golden.Flip it to the other side and cook it for couple of minutes,drizzle another tsp of oil. Remove it from the griddle.
- Serve it with coconut chutney and sugar or pickle.
- Keep the flame in a medium to get a nice crispy edges.
- Grated carrot and coconut can also be added.
- Rinse the quinoa for at least 4-5 times
Enjoy...................
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