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Arisi Kurunai Adai

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Course: Adai
Cuisine: Indian
Author: Vidya Srinivasan

Ingredients

  • Idli rava - 1/2 cup
  • Scraped Coconut - 2 tbsp
  • Salt - as needed
  • Water - 1 cup + 1/2 cup
  • Oil - for Grilling I used coconut oil
  • For tempering
  • Coconut oil – 1/2 tablespoon + to grease
  • Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
  • Green Chilli - 2 Adjust according to your taste
  • Red chilli - 1
  • Urad Dal – 1tbsp
  • Channa Dal – 1 tbsp
  • Curry leaves - 1 sprig
  • Asafoetida – a generous pinch

Instructions

  • Add oil to the pan. Once the oil is hot, temper with mustard seeds, urad dal, channa dal, green chili, red chili,  curry leaves, and asafoetida
  • After it splutters, add water, coconut, and salt
  • Bring to a boil. Once the water starts boiling add idli rava
  • Mix well till all the water is absorbed and kurunai is cooked. Sprinkle some water if required. Switch off the heat and cover it with a damp cloth
  • When you can handle the dough, take small portions and make small balls (if required use water) and flatten them. Add oil to the tawa and close the tawa with a lid. Grill the Adai on both sides. Serve warm with chutney

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Notes

  1. Instead of idli rava, Raw rice or sona masoori rice can be ground into a coarse powder
  2. Make adai and serve immediately 
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