Name: Thavala Adai recipe by Subhashni Venkatesh at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Raw rice 3 cups; Chana dal - 1/2 cup; urad dal - 1/2 cup; thur dal 1/2 cup; Red chillies 5; crushed pepper - 2 tsp; cumin 2 tea spoons; sour curd 500 ml; chopped coconut pieces 2 tb spoons; sesame oil - 1/4 th cup; coconut oil - 1/4 th cup; ghee 1/4 cup; Asafoetida 1/2 tsp; salt to taste

ABOUT Thavala Adai RECIPE

Thavala Adai is a protein rich , holiday breakfast. Since it is made using dals and lot of oil, it is made as breakfasft only and not for dinner. It is Thanjavur special breakfast recipe. Since it was made in a Bronze vessel called "Thavala" in olden days it got its name.

Ingredients Serving: 4

Raw rice 3 cups
Chana dal - 1/2 cup
urad dal - 1/2 cup
thur dal 1/2 cup
Red chillies 5
crushed pepper - 2 tsp
cumin 2 tea spoons
sour curd 500 ml
chopped coconut pieces 2 tb spoons
sesame oil - 1/4 th cup
coconut oil - 1/4 th cup
ghee 1/4 cup
Asafoetida 1/2 tsp
salt to taste

Instructions

Powder the dals, rice, red chillies to semolina consistency. Soak them in curd with salt and hing.
Keep aside for an hour. Then add water , pepper, cumin powder and coconut pieces, bring to batter consistency.
Mix the two oils and ghee in a cup and use this stuff for making adai.
Heat an iron cast, heavy pan. Pour two table spoons of oil mixture and pour two ladles of batter. No need to spread. Drizzle two teaspoons of oil around.
Cook on both sides to crisp in medium flame and serve hot.

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