COCONUT ADAI (THENGAI ADAI)

 THENGAI ADAI (COCONUT ADAI)

Thengai adai is one of the yummy receipe which my mom does. I learnt it from my mom. She makes the yummiest adai. My kids like this very much. In the beggining i dint get the perfect taste of how my mom did but i do it often and now iam getting the perfect taste. Here iam sharing the receipe. 

                 

INGREDIENTS 

Coconut(grated) - 1/2 cup 
Idli rice - 1 cup 
Red chillies - 5 to 6 
Tamarind (soaked)- small lemon size 
Salt - to taste 
Jaggery - 1 tbsp
Oil - 1 tsp and for making adai 
Mustard - 1 tsp 
Curry leaves - 1 strand
Channa dhal(soaked) - 3 tbsp 

PROCEDURE 
- Soak the idli rice in hot boiling water for 3 to 4 hours 
- Grind the soaked rice with coconut,red chillies, tamarind, jaggery, salt into thick smooth paste. 
- Add in soaked channa dhal 
- Add in tempering (tempered with oil, mustard, curry leaves) into the dough 
- Mix everything evenly 
- Take the plantain leaf spread some oil and take a handfull of dough and spread into thin patty. 
- Place it over tawa and cook till it is golden on both the sides. 
- Serve hot with butter, sambar, etc.,

STEP BY STEP PICTURES 

Soak the idli rice in hot boiling water for 3 to 4 hours 

  

Grind everything with the soaked rice 

Grind into  thick smooth paste 

Add in soaked channa dhal 

Add in tempering to the dough 

Take the batter and spread evenly in a plantain leaf 

Transfer the spread batter in a tawa and roast till it is golden brown on both the sides 

Hot coconut adai is ready to serve with butter

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