Iyengar Style Thavala Adai Recipe
A high protein Tamil Nadu recipe with rice - (raw rice variety), rice - (boiled rice variety), chana dal (bengal gram dal). Ready in 3h, serves 9.
Curated byKavya Sharma🇮🇳
Instructions
11 steps- 1
To prepare Iyengar Style Thavala Adai Recipe, dry grind all the ingredients under "For Thavala Adai powder" to a medium-fine powder
teaspoons methi powder (fenugreek powder)(3) - 2
Mix the thavala dosa powder with sour curd, water and salt to a dosa batter consistency
teaspoons methi powder (fenugreek powder)(3)curd (dahi / yogurt) - (sour)(1 cup)water - as neededsalt - to taste - 3
Take a pan and temper with gingelly oil in the following order hing, mustard (wait till it splutters), urad dhal, Bengal gram dhal, mor milagai and curry leaves
chana dal (bengal gram dal)(1/3 cup)white urad dal (whole)(1/3 cup)teaspoons gingelly oil(3)mustard seeds(1 teaspoon)-/2 teaspoons white urad dal (split)(1)mor milagai (dried green chillies)(4)sprig curry leaves(1) - 4
Once they are fried, transfer them to the dosa batter
- 5
Let this tempered thavala adai batter marinate for a minimum of 2 hours
- 6
After 2 hours, check the consistency of the batter and add water if necessary so that it would pour easily (dosa batter consistency
water - as needed - 7
Take an appachetty pan (appam pan) and heat it
- 8
Add oil and pour the batter and make it like a dosa (or appam) shape
- 9
Cover it for about 2 minutes with a lid or till cooked on one side
- 10
Flip around and cook for another 2-3 minutes
- 11
Serve Iyengar Style Thavala Adai recipe for snack or breakfast with your choice of chutney and a sprinkle of paruppu podi
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Iyengar Style Thavala Adai Recipe
A high protein Tamil Nadu recipe with rice - (raw rice variety), rice - (boiled rice variety), chana dal (bengal gram dal). Ready in 3h, serves 9.
Curated byKavya Sharma🇮🇳
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Directions
11 steps- 1
To prepare Iyengar Style Thavala Adai Recipe, dry grind all the ingredients under "For Thavala Adai powder" to a medium-fine powder
teaspoons methi powder (fenugreek powder)(3) - 2
Mix the thavala dosa powder with sour curd, water and salt to a dosa batter consistency
teaspoons methi powder (fenugreek powder)(3)curd (dahi / yogurt) - (sour)(1 cup)water - as neededsalt - to taste - 3
Take a pan and temper with gingelly oil in the following order hing, mustard (wait till it splutters), urad dhal, Bengal gram dhal, mor milagai and curry leaves
chana dal (bengal gram dal)(1/3 cup)white urad dal (whole)(1/3 cup)teaspoons gingelly oil(3)mustard seeds(1 teaspoon)-/2 teaspoons white urad dal (split)(1)mor milagai (dried green chillies)(4)sprig curry leaves(1) - 4
Once they are fried, transfer them to the dosa batter
- 5
Let this tempered thavala adai batter marinate for a minimum of 2 hours
- 6
After 2 hours, check the consistency of the batter and add water if necessary so that it would pour easily (dosa batter consistency
water - as needed - 7
Take an appachetty pan (appam pan) and heat it
- 8
Add oil and pour the batter and make it like a dosa (or appam) shape
- 9
Cover it for about 2 minutes with a lid or till cooked on one side
- 10
Flip around and cook for another 2-3 minutes
- 11
Serve Iyengar Style Thavala Adai recipe for snack or breakfast with your choice of chutney and a sprinkle of paruppu podi
Rate this recipe
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