Malayala Adai

Ingredients

• • Red gram dal - 1 cup
• • Rice (raw) - 1 cup
• • Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
• • Red chillies - 6
• • Coconut - ½
• • Asafoetidas - a pinch
• • Salt - ¼ teaspoon
• • Tamarind - small lime size
• • Curry leaves - few
• • Oil (for frying) - as required
• • Drumstick leaves - a few (optional)
• • Onions (cut) - 1 tablespoon (optional)

Method

• 1. Soak rice and dal together for 2 hours.
• 2. Add other ingredients and grind to fine rawa consistency.
• 3. Heat a tawa and pour adai as mentioned previously.
• 4. To the left over dough, next day finely cut onions and drumstick leaves can be added to make adai.