Best Ada Adai Recipes

ADA (ADAI)

Steps:

• Place the chana dal, urad dal, moong dal, and rice into a large bowl and cover with several inches of cool water; allow to soak 8 hours to overnight.
• Grind the soaked dal and rice with the salt and red chile peppers into a paste using a mortar and pestle. Add enough water to the mixture to make a batter just thin enough to spread. Stir the cumin seeds into the batter.
• Heat a griddle (or a tawa) over medium heat. Gently grease the griddle with oil on the edges and the middle. Ladle the batter on the tawa and spread into a thin circle using the back of the ladle or a large spoon. Cook for a few minutes and flip over to the other side. Cook a few more minutes, transfer to a plate, and serve immediately. Adas are best eaten hot off the griddle.

ADAI DOSA (GLUTEN-FREE INDIAN PANCAKES)

Steps:

• Combine rice and all dals in a bowl of cold water; soak for 45 minutes. Rinse several times and drain. Grind into a coarse meal.
• Add onion, pepper flakes, curry leaves, asafoetida powder, and salt. Slowly add water and stir until smooth. Let sit in a warm place until is starts to ferment, at least 45 minutes, but ideally longer.
• Grease a frying pan with melted ghee and set over medium heat. Ladle some batter into the pan; spread it thinly and evenly into a circular shape and drizzle with more ghee. Cook until golden brown, 5 to 8 minutes, flipping halfway through. Repeat to cook remaining adai dosa.