Toor Dal Rotta /Adai
This recipe is adapted from “440 Samalyalum Palaharangalum Book” by Mrs. C.P. Kamalaveni (CPK) Amma and the book is now out of print. This was the first cookbook that my grandmother recommended when she found out I was moving several 1000 miles away from her to USA. She knew that I never cooked as long as I was at mom’s and would crave for Indian food once the craze for western food dies down on me. I miss my grandmother so much as I share this recipe with you all. What she didn’t know was that her own recipes would inspire me greatly, to the point that I would start blogging one day. It’s my desire that our next generation will pass on these recipes to their Nextgen as well.
Desika Products:
Toor Dal, Ponni Boiled Rice/Idli Rice
RECIPE FOR TOOR DAL ROTI
Ingredients:
Serves: 4
Toor Dal - 1 cup
Ponni Boiled RIce - 1 cup
Shredded Coconut (optional) - 3/4 cup
Red Chillies (optional) - 2
Urad Dal (optional) - 1 tsp
Jeera (optional) - 1/2 tsp
Ghee (optional) - 1 tsp
Salt as needed
Instructions:
Soak the dal & rice together for 3 hours and wash it thoroughly by draining the water
In a mixie jar, add rice & dal and grind to a medium rava consistency
Make sure it’s not too watery — it should be little thicker than regular dosa batter
Add shredded coconut and grind it for no more than 1 to 2 mins.
Transfer the batter to a container add salt & mix well
In a small kadai, add ghee. Once it melts, add red chilies & jeera. Let the jeera sputter & add this to the batter in the container & mix well again
Now the batter is ready to make Rotta / Adai
Heat the dosa pan, pour batter and spread in a circle shape making it a little thicker than adai. Close it with lid — this is to make sure it cooks evenly. Cook until golden brown.
Once done, flip to the other side and allow it to cook until golden brown.
Once well done, its ready to eat
I like to eat this with onion chutney
Tips & Tricks:
If you can’t find grated coconut, you can use slices. However, you must them add them way earlier in the grinding process.
If you like the taste of hing in you adais, you can add hing to the batter.