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Quinoa Adai – Quinoa Lentils Adai – Healthy Adai
April 25, 2019 Breakfast/Dinner, Dosa Corner
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Quinoa is a grain which is rich in fibre, protein and various beneficial anti-oxidants. I love trying different adai varieties. My weekend chores always include grinding idli-dosa batter + another dosa variety to equip the week days. This Quinoa Adai is one such successful trial. It was so crispy and tasty. If u want to skip rice in making adai, then do try this or u can even try my Godhuma Rava Adai recipe. It is a perfect breakfast recipe to the start of a day.
Now to the recipe..
[Preparation Time-10 mins : Cooking Time- 5 mins : Soaking Time – 2 hours]
Quinoa Adai Ingredients:
- Quinoa – 1 cup (I have used tri-colour)
- Chana Dal – 1/4 cup
- Toor Dal – 1/4 cup
- Moong Beans – 1/8 cup
- Dry Green Peas(split) – 1/8 cup (optional – see tips)
- Red Lentils – 1/8 cup
- Dry red chillies – 4
- Salt – as needed
- Asafoetida – a generous pinch
- Onion – 2
- Curry Leaves – few
- Oil – to drizzle
Method:
- Wash and take quinoa and lentils in different bowls. Soak them separately for 2 hours.
- Once quinoa and lentils are soaked well, take the quinoa in a mixer first. Grind it coarsely. Now add the lentils and dry red chillies along with it.
- Grind it together into a coarse batter. Add little water for easy of grinding. Take the batter in a wide bowl and add finely chopped onions, salt, asafoetida and curry leaves. Add water to get the right consistency and mix well.
- Heat a tava and pour the batter and spread in circular motion. Drizzle some oil. Flip & cook on both sides until golden brown. This will take a bit more time to cook when compared to the normal dosa.
Thats it! Healthy Quinoa Adai is ready.
Serve hot with any chutney of your choice. I served with idli podi and crushed jaggery.
Tips:
- Adai will take a longer time to cook when compared to dosa. So be patient.
- Adjust red chillies according to your spice levels. U can add red chilli powder too.
- The batter stores well in the refrigerator for 2-3 days without adding the onions. Add onions just while making the adai for the required amount of batter only.
- U can make this adai either thick or thin crispy too. Add little more water to make it crispy.
- U can add a mix of any lentils u prefer. I just add whatever comes to my mind and also based on the availability in my kitchen pantry.
– By Sundari Nathan
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