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Friday, June 15, 2012

Spinach Adai | Keerai Adai Recipe

I love adai. I love any recipe with spinach. So when these two are married? Oh boy!

Spinach Adai | Keerai Adai Recipe

It was love at first sight when I saw this gorgeous adai on Anu's blog. I made it soon after and absolutely loved it. Since adai batter doesn't need fermenting, this is far easier to make than regular dosa. I had the batter for 3 days in the refrigerator and it was just fine.

Spinach Adai | Keerai Adai Recipe


Preparation time: 3 hours
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Makes ~20 adai
Recipe inspired by Anu

Ingredients:
1 cup of rice
1/3 cup of toor dal (tuvaram paruppu)
1/3 cup of channa dal (kadala paruppu)
1 large bunch of spinach
1 tsp of cumin seeds (jeera)
3-4 dry red chillies
1 tsp of coriander seeds
1/2 tsp of black pepper powder
1/4 cup of grated coconut
1 tsp of oil
Salt to taste

How to Make Spinach Adai:

1. Add the dals to the rice, wash, and soak for at least 2 hours.

2. Heat the oil and add add the cumin seeds, coriander seeds, red chillies, and pepper. Fry for 30 seconds and add the spinach, roughly chopped. Cook for 2 mins until the spinach begins to wilt and shrink.
Spinach Adai | Keerai Adai Recipe

3. Grind the soaked rice-dal mixture along with the spinach mixture and coconut with some salt and water. The mixture can be slightly coarse, that's totally fine.
Spinach Adai | Keerai Adai Recipe

4. You can make the adai immediately. Make sure both sides are cooked until slightly golden. I used gingelly oil to cook them up.
Spinach Adai | Keerai Adai Recipe

Spinach Adai | Keerai Adai Recipe

Serve hot with coconut chutney. For a change, I served it with two of my favourites - chow chow kootu - and tomato thokku. Yum!

Spinach Adai | Keerai Adai Recipe

Thanks for the awesome recipe Anu! You rock :)

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