Thavala Adai Recipe
A vegetarian South Indian Recipes recipe with chana dal (bengal gram dal) - soaked for atleast 2 hours, arhar dal (split toor dal) - soaked for atleast 2 hours, rice - soaked for atleast 4 hours. Ready in 40 min, serves 4.
Curated byAditi Iyer🇮🇳
Instructions
16 steps- 1
To begin with Thavala Adai Recipe, soak the raw rice separately and all the dals together with the red chillies
rice - soaked for atleast 4 hours(1 cup)dry red chillies(3) - 2
Once the ingredients are nicely soaked, first grind the dal into a fine paste like adai batter
chana dal (bengal gram dal) - soaked for atleast 2 hours(1/2 cup)arhar dal (split toor dal) - soaked for atleast 2 hours(1/4 cup)rice - soaked for atleast 4 hours(1 cup)white urad dal (split) - soaked for atleast 2 hours(1 teaspoon) - 3
Drain the water from the rice and grind it coarsely
rice - soaked for atleast 4 hours(1 cup) - 4
Add 2 teaspoons gangly oil in a kadhai
teaspoons gingelly oil(2) - 5
Once the oil heats, add the mustard seeds
mustard seeds(1/4 teaspoon) - 6
When the mustard seeds starts to crackle, add hing
mustard seeds(1/4 teaspoon) - 7
Once it is done, add 3 cups of water into the kadhai and let it boil
- 8
When it starts boiling, add the curry leaves and salt
curry leaves(6) - 9
After this, add the broken rice and let it cook for about 10 minutes
rice - soaked for atleast 4 hours(1 cup) - 10
When the rice is cooked, add the ground dal paste in the cooked rice and mix it well to avoid any lumps in the kadhai
rice - soaked for atleast 4 hours(1 cup) - 11
When it comes to a thick mixture, switch off the heat and let it cool for about 20-25 minutes
- 12
Now pour oil on an iron dosa tawa
- 13
Once the oil is heated, take a small ball of lemon size from the mixture and make it flat with hands like cutlet
- 14
Place it on the tawa and roast on both the sides well till it becomes nice golden brown in colour
- 15
Follow the same process for the remaining mixture
- 16
Serve Thavala Adai with South Indian Coconut Chutney, Dhaniya Pudina Chutney or any chutney of your choice
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Thavala Adai Recipe
A vegetarian South Indian Recipes recipe with chana dal (bengal gram dal) - soaked for atleast 2 hours, arhar dal (split toor dal) - soaked for atleast 2 hours, rice - soaked for atleast 4 hours. Ready in 40 min, serves 4.
Curated byAditi Iyer🇮🇳
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Directions
16 steps- 1
To begin with Thavala Adai Recipe, soak the raw rice separately and all the dals together with the red chillies
rice - soaked for atleast 4 hours(1 cup)dry red chillies(3) - 2
Once the ingredients are nicely soaked, first grind the dal into a fine paste like adai batter
chana dal (bengal gram dal) - soaked for atleast 2 hours(1/2 cup)arhar dal (split toor dal) - soaked for atleast 2 hours(1/4 cup)rice - soaked for atleast 4 hours(1 cup)white urad dal (split) - soaked for atleast 2 hours(1 teaspoon) - 3
Drain the water from the rice and grind it coarsely
rice - soaked for atleast 4 hours(1 cup) - 4
Add 2 teaspoons gangly oil in a kadhai
teaspoons gingelly oil(2) - 5
Once the oil heats, add the mustard seeds
mustard seeds(1/4 teaspoon) - 6
When the mustard seeds starts to crackle, add hing
mustard seeds(1/4 teaspoon) - 7
Once it is done, add 3 cups of water into the kadhai and let it boil
- 8
When it starts boiling, add the curry leaves and salt
curry leaves(6) - 9
After this, add the broken rice and let it cook for about 10 minutes
rice - soaked for atleast 4 hours(1 cup) - 10
When the rice is cooked, add the ground dal paste in the cooked rice and mix it well to avoid any lumps in the kadhai
rice - soaked for atleast 4 hours(1 cup) - 11
When it comes to a thick mixture, switch off the heat and let it cool for about 20-25 minutes
- 12
Now pour oil on an iron dosa tawa
- 13
Once the oil is heated, take a small ball of lemon size from the mixture and make it flat with hands like cutlet
- 14
Place it on the tawa and roast on both the sides well till it becomes nice golden brown in colour
- 15
Follow the same process for the remaining mixture
- 16
Serve Thavala Adai with South Indian Coconut Chutney, Dhaniya Pudina Chutney or any chutney of your choice
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