Learn how to make delicious and flavorful Adai, a South Indian pancake made with rice and lentils. This versatile dish can be enjoyed on its own or with chutney.
Spicy Adai
Course: SnacksCuisine: Indian, TamilDifficulty: Easy
Servings
5
servingsPrep time
10
minutesCooking time
15
minutesLearn how to make delicious and flavorful Adai, a South Indian pancake made with rice and lentils. This versatile dish can be enjoyed on its own or with chutney.
Ingredients
Parboiled Rice – 2 cups
Thuvar Dhal – 1 cup
Urad dhal – 1 tablespoon
Bengal Gram dhal – 1/2 cup
Red Chillies – 6
Asafoetida powder – 1 teaspoon
Salt – 1 teaspoon
Onion – 1
Coconut gratings – ¼ cup
Curry Leaves – few
Gingelly Oil – as required
Directions
- Soak the rice and all types of dhals in water for at least four hours. After soaking, wash and drain the water completely.
- Add red chillies, asafetida, and salt to the soaked ingredients. Grind everything together to form a coarse paste.
- Finely chop the onion and incorporate it into the batter. Also add coconut and curry leaves to the mixture. If needed, add a little water to adjust the consistency; the batter should be slightly thicker than regular dosa batter.
- Heat a dosa tawa (griddle) and lightly grease its surface. Pour a large ladleful of batter onto the center of the tawa, spreading it out evenly.
- Drizzle oil around the edges of the adai (pancake) and cook over medium heat until it’s golden brown. Flip and cook the other side until it also turns a nice brown color.
- The adai is delicious on its own, but can also be served with aviyal or chutney for enhanced flavor.
Notes
- This adai can also be made without onion and coconut.
- If you prefer a masala twist, add a teaspoon of aniseeds (sombu) while grinding the rice.
- Adjust the quantity of chillies according to your taste preference.
Hi Kamala mami,
Thanks for the spicy adai recepie. I make them without adding parboiled rice. Will try this also.
Could not visit ur site for quite some time now, since was busy with the engagement function of my daughter. Have advised my daughter also to visit your site for any recepies/doubts. Thanks a lot for all the useful information in your site mami. Great work.
Uma Ramachandran.
Hi Uma,
Congratulations on your daughter's engagement. Wish her all the best.
Hi Kamala mami,
Prepared spicy adai for today's breakfast. Was really yummy and my husband and daughter loved it. Thanks a lot.
Uma
Hi Uma,
Nice to hear that you prepared this adai and all liked it.
Mami, tried different vadais of this site, came out excellent, please give me the correct details to make idiyappam, tried many times and failed, not coming like the one we get from hotels or that comes on the street