To begin making the Adai Recipe - High Protein Lentil Crepes, soak rice and lentils together for about 5 hours. After 5 hours add the rice and lentils along with green chillies, red chillies, ginger, salt into the tall jar of the Zodiac Mixer Grinder.
Adai is a healthy, protein-rich and nutrient dense lentil crepe from Tamil Nadu cuisine, India. Also called as Adai Dosa by the non-natives, these are made with spices, rice and various kinds of lentils like Toor dal, chana dal and urad dal. Adai is super flavorful, delicious and makes for a great breakfast or meal anytime of the day.
It is one of the most commonly eaten foods from Tamil cuisine. Adai tastes delicious and is mostly served with a chutney. Adai dosa can be made thick or thin, soft or crisp all to suit your taste. To make adai dosa recipe, mixed dal/ lentils like chana dal, toor dal, moong and urad dal are used along with rice.
It is served with a chutney or avial, a mixed vegetable dish. Making these is quicker and easier than making dosa because adai batter does not need fermentation. Indian crepes known as dosas are a very popular food from the South Indian cuisine. We make many kinds of dosas using lentils, rice, grains and even with flour.