Wheat Adai Receipe

WHEAT ADAI

INGREDIENTS

'Punjab' Wheat - 2 cups

Whole Black urid dal - ¾ cup

Toor dal - ¾ cup

Gram dal - ¾ cup   

Whole Green moong dal - ½ cup

Red chili - 2 pieces

Black pepper - 1 tsp

Urid dal broken -1 tsp (soak separately)

GRIND

1. Wash and soak wheat for 8 to 10 hours.
   
2. Wash and soak other dals separately with enough water.
   
3. Grind wheat finely.
   
4. Drain the water from dal and use the same for grinding.
   
5. Add soaked dals, chilly, pepper and  grind coarsely.
   
6. Adjust the consistency.
   
7. Add salt, asafoetida, curry leaves and broken urid dal
   

METHOD

1. Apply a drop of oil on the pan/tawa and allow to heat up.
   
2. Take 1 ladle of adai batter and spread thickly to the centre of the pan.
   
3. Put grated fresh ginger on top along with toppings as per your choice such as drum stick leaves or mint leaves.
   
4. Make a small holes at the centre and at the sides, add some sesame oil drops into them.
   
5. Allow to cook in medium flame.
   
6. Once the adai is cooked and turned roast, flip smoothly the other side and cook by putting tsp sesame oil.
   

Tips

1. Adding black pepper to the batter alone gives unique taste. Using red chili + black pepper is another delicious combination.
   
2. This is a wholesome food with  side dishes such as raita + fruits or vegetable salad + curd.
   
3. We can serve with grated paneer/cheese for kids.
   

For people who are dieting or diabetic and others who avoid rice, I formulated this receipe,

Hope you will also try it in your kitchen,
Happy Cooking!
-Jay