Thavala Adai Recipe

Name: Thavala Adai Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: ½ cup Chana Dal (1/2 cup Chana dal (Bengal Gram Dal) soaked for atleast 2 hours); ¼ cup Split Pigeon Peas (1/4 cup Arhar dal (Split Toor Dal) soaked for atleast 2 hours); 1 cup Rice (1 cup Rice soaked for atleast 4 hours); 1 tsp Urad Dal (1 teaspoon White Urad Dal (Split) soaked for atleast 2 hours); 3 pieces Dried Red Chili (3 Dry Red Chillies); 2 tsp Sesame Oil (2 teaspoons Gingelly oil); ¼ tsp Asafoetida (1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)); 6 pieces Curry leaves (6 Curry leaves); ¼ tsp Mustard Seeds (1/4 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu))

A South Indian lentil and rice pancake, where soaked dals are ground to a paste and cooked with spiced rice, then shaped and pan-roasted until golden brown.

40 minIndian

Servings4

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Steps

1Soak the raw rice separately and all the dals together with the red chillies.
2Once the ingredients are nicely soaked, first grind the dal into a fine paste like adai batter. Drain the water from the rice and grind it coarsely.
3Add 2 teaspoons gingelly oil in a kadhai. Once the oil heats, add the mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to crackle, add hing.
4Once it is done, add 3 cups of water into the kadhai and let it boil. When it starts boiling, add the curry leaves and salt.
5After this, add the broken rice and let it cook for about 10 minutes. 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.
6When it comes to a thick mixture, switch off the heat and let it cool for about 20-25 minutes.
7Now pour oil on an iron dosa tawa. Once the oil is heated, take a small ball of lemon size from the mixture and make it flat with hands like cutlet.
8Place it on the tawa and roast on both the sides well till it becomes nice golden brown in colour. Follow the same process for the remaining mixture.
9Serve Thavala Adai with South Indian Coconut Chutney, Dhaniya Pudina Chutney or any chutney of your choice.