Easy Adai Dosa Recipe | Protein Rich South Indian Adai Dosai
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 240 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 375 minutes
- Yield: 6 Servings
- Category: dosa
- Cuisine: tamil nadu
Ingredients
- 1 cup idli rice
- ¾ cup toor dal
- ¾ cup chana dal
- ¾ cup moong dal
- ¾ cup urad dal
- 1 tsp fennel
- 1 tsp cumin
- ¼ tsp methi
- 10 dried red chilli
- water (for soaking)
- ¼ tsp hing
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 1 inch ginger
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 onion (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
- ghee (for roasting)
Method
- Firstly, in a large bowl take 1 cup idli rice, ¾ cup toor da, ¾ cup chana da, ¾ cup moong dal and ¾ cup urad dal.
- Also add 1 tsp fennel, 1 tsp cumin, ¼ tsp methi and 10 dried red chilli.
- Rinse the dal well and soak in water for 4 hours.
- Drain off the water and transfer to the mixer jar. Also add ¼ tsp hing, ½ tsp turmeric, 1 inch ginger and 1 tbsp salt.
- Grind to coarse paste adding water as required. Grind in batches depending on the size of the mixer jar.
- Transfer the batter to the large bowl and mix well adjusting the consistency as required.
- Rest the batter for 2 hours before making dosa.
- Take the required amount of batter, add 1 onion, 2 tbsp coriander and mix well.
- Heat the dosa pan and pour the dosa batter.
- Spread gently making the dosa slightly thick.
- Now top with ghee and roast on medium flame until the dosa turns golden brown from the bottom.
- Flip over and cook until the dosa is cooked well.
- Finally, enjoy Adai Dosa Recipe with coconut chutney.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.