Sorakkai Adai - Sorakaya Adai - Bottle Gourd Adai

Sorakkai adai is a healthy & tasty adai made with lentils & some spices, with grated Sorakkai as Topping. lentils are packed with rich protein & fibre content. Bottle Gourd  contains many vitamins and minerals, such as, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, Vitamin A, C and folate. so it is a healthy adai recipe. Spicy adai with mild taste of sorakkai as topping make the adai yummy. I learnt this recipe from my neighbour Hastalatha.

Sorakkai Adai

 Prep Time :  15   min. 

Cook Time : 4 -5  minutes per adai.

Recipe Category: Tiffin

Recipe Cusine :Indian

yields: 20 Adai

Ingredients

Idli rice - 1 cup.

Chanadal - 1 cup.

Toor dal - 1 cup.

Ginger - 1 inch.

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp.

Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp.

salt - as needed.

Red chillies - 12.

curry leaves - 1 sprig.

Hing - 1/4 tsp.

To temper

Mustard seeds -  1 tsp.

Toppings

Sorakkai -1.

Preparation

Soak idli rice, Toor dal & chanadal for 2 hours.  

Method

• Grind Idli rice, Toor dal , chanadal with cumin seeds,fennel seeds,ginger,curry leaves,red chillies, salt & hing into a little  coarse paste. Let the consistency be little thinner than idli dosa batter consistency.
• Heat the oil, add mustard seeds when it splutters pour it in the batter. Mix well. Now batter is Ready.  

• Heat the tawa, when it is hot, just spread the batter , in a circular motion,little thick. Sprinkle Grated Bottle Gourd on each Adai. Drizzle some oil, cover with lid.
• When it is cooked, flip the adai, remove from tawa, when both sides are cooked.

Notes

• Fermentation is not necessary for this adai. but you can give the standing time of 2 hours.
• you can add chopped Onions or Green onions to the batter for extra taste.
• Cover the adai, to avoid dryness to the adai.
• Alternatives: Instead of adding Grated bottle Gourd on top of adai, you can add chopped bottle Gourd while Grinding or you can Grate bottle Gourd and it to batter & mix.