Ingredients | ||||
par boiled rice | 2 | cups | ||
toor dhal | 1/2 | cup | ||
bengal gram dhal | 1/2 | cup | ||
black gram dhal | 1/4 | cup | ||
red chillies | 8 | |||
cumin seeds | 1 | tsp | ||
cut coriander leaves and curry leaves | 1 | tsp | ||
salt | as reqd | |||
oil | as reqd | |||
Method | ||||
1.soak rice and dhal together for 2 to 3 hours | ||||
2.grind it along with red chillies till fine rawa consistency | ||||
3.mix with other ingredients | ||||
4.heat a dosa tawa and spread little batter using laddle into thick circular adai | ||||
5.add a teaspoon of oil around the adai | ||||
6.serve hot with coconut chutney | ||||
Note | ||||
generally Adai batter is not fermented | ||||
Ingredients | ||||
bombay rawa | 2 | cups | ||
water | 4 | cups | ||
onions | 2 | large | ||
green chillies | 6 | |||
mustard seeds | 1 | tsp | ||
black gram dhal | 1 | tsp | ||
curry leaves | ||||
grated coconuts | 1/4 | cup | ||
oil or ghee | 5 | tsp | ||
Method | ||||
1.fry rawa till it is brown without adding oil | ||||
2.heat a deep curved pan with oil or ghee | ||||
3.add seasonings, chillies and onion | ||||
4.fry till onions become transluscent | ||||
5.add rawa and fry in medium flame for 2 minutes | ||||
6.pour boiling water and stir in reduced flame. when moisture is absorbed and uppuma is cooked remove from fire | ||||
7.granish with grated coconut | ||||
Ingredients | ||||
raw rice flour | 2 | cup | ||
water | as rqd | |||
salt | to taste | |||
Method | ||||
1.slightly fry the rice flour | ||||
2.mix salt and flour together in a mixing bowl | ||||
3.heat water in a heavy bottom vessel. When it starts bubbling, reduce the flame | ||||
4.sprinkle water gradually and knead to a smooth dough | ||||
5.put it in greased idyyappam maker | ||||
6.place it on greased idli plates &steam it | ||||
7.serve hot with coconut milk or chicken curry | ||||
Ingredients | ||||
raw rice | 2 | cups | ||
coconut milk | 1 | cup | ||
cooking soda | 1/4 | tsp | ||
grated coconut | 1 | tsp | ||
cooked rice | 1 | tsp | ||
Method | ||||
1.soak rice for 2 hours | ||||
2.grind both rice and grated coconut to smooth paste | ||||
3.mix rice with salt and allow to ferment till next day | ||||
4.add coconut milk and soda to the fermented batter | ||||
5.mix well and pour in paniyaram pan | ||||
6.serve hot with the coconut milk or masi sambal | ||||
7.if you need egg aappam mix 1 egg and 1/4 cup of sugar with this flour | ||||
Note | ||||
If aappam pan is not available use curved nonstick pan | ||||
Ingredients | ||||
raw rice or samba rice flour | 2 | cups | ||
grated coconut | 1 | cup | ||
salt | to taste | |||
Method | ||||
1.mix flour and salt in a bowl | ||||
2.sprinkle water and gather flour gradually | ||||
3.when you hold the flour it should stay together when you leave the flour it should go loose and separate | ||||
4.take the pittu kuzhal. First put some grated coconut then put some flour, repeat this till it gets filled. | ||||
5.serve hot with coconut milk and sugar | ||||
Note | ||||
If the pittu kuzal is not available use the idli plate and steam it. | ||||
If necessary sprinkle little water while kneading | ||||
Ingredients | ||||
par boiled rice | 4 | cups | ||
black gram dhal | 1 | cup | ||
rock salt | to taste | |||
Method | ||||
1.soak dhal and rice separately for 3 hours | ||||
2.grind dhal till smooth forthy | ||||
3.grind rice to fine rawa consistency | ||||
4.before removing from grinder mix salt and grind dhal to the mixture well | ||||
5.grind the batter previous day itself so that the batter is fermented for atleast 15 to 20 hours | ||||
6.next day morning mix the batter well and pour is gresed idli plates and steam for 10 minutes | ||||
Note | ||||
In few place dhal alone is ground and it is mixed with "idli rawa", in that case use little more dhal and 2 tsp of cooked rice. | ||||
Ingredients | ||||
raw rice | 5 | cups | ||
black gram dhal | 1 | cup | ||
Method | ||||
1.soak rice and dhal separately for 3 hours | ||||
2.grind to smooth paste with enough water | ||||
3.add salt just before taking out from grinder | ||||
4.next day morning mix well and dilute the dough if necessary with water | ||||
5.heat the dosa tawa and pour a ladle full of dough in the center | ||||
6.spread in a circular motion add a teaspoon of oil | ||||
7.when one side is cooked flip over to the other side | ||||
8.serve with coconut chutney or sambar | ||||
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