This is a high protein recipe that is made from a mixture of rice and many lentils & pulses and requires no fermentation. This is ideal for kids who are allergic to yeast.
A couple of months ago Ovie was introduced to alphabets at her pre-school. Now she has this fascination to look for them every where. I was wondering how to shape alphabets out of food when I got this idea with Dosa batter. Its really easy; instead of spreading the batter round, shape it into alphabets or numbers. I even get requests for a car, butterfly and winnie the pooh :-). These days we spell her name or other words that she wants.
Mixed Dal Adai
Rice: 1 cup (use dosa rice / kollam rice or any short grain white rice)
Urad Dal: 1/ 2 cup
Mixed lentils & pulses: 1/2 cup (use whatever you have at home - I used a little bit of moong, masoor, thuvar, channa dal, rajma, kabuli channa, black channa, whole green moong, lobia and soy)
Asafoetida: a pinch
Dry red chili: 2-3
Salt to taste
Water for grinding
Sesame oil: 2 tbsps
For tempering:
Oil: 2 tsp
Curry Leaves: a sprig
Mustard Seeds: 1 tsp
- Wash rice seperately and all dals together and soak seperately in 2 bowls for 3-4 hours.
- Grind rice with sufficient water until its almost done - a little grainy.
- Add to this the dals, asafoetida and salt and grind to a coarse , thick batter of pouring consistency. It should not be too smooth.
- Transfer batter to a bowl.
- Heat oil in a small pan and splutter all the tempering ingredients. Add it to the batter and mix well.
- Heat a flat pan and grease it. Pour a ladle full of batter and spread it round or any shape of choice.
- Dribble with a little sesame oil or any other oil and cook on medium heat until one side turns golden brown and crisp. Turnover and cook the other side too.
- Serve hot with a chutney or curry or dip. It also tastes delicious with honey.
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