It is time for dinner and I already planned Kizhangu Adai for us, which needs to be spicy for my DH. My DM makes sweet adai by grinding Rice, Yucca root with Jaggery and Coconut. Simply I love it.
Ingredients
ParBoiled/Idly Rice ------> 2 Cups, Soaked
Yucca Root -----------------> 2 Cups, Chopped (Maravalli Kizhangu)
Red Chillies -----------------> 5
Salt ---------------------------> A2Y taste
Hing --------------------------> ½ tsp
Procedure:
· Wash & Soak the rice for couple of hours
· Remove the hard, brown skin of Yucca Root using Peeler; chop into small chunks
· Grind everything to make fine, smooth batter; add water while grinding, but don't make it too watery.
· Make little adais in dosa pans.
After making couple of Adais with plain batter for DH, I mixed chopped Amaranth leaves(MulaiKeerai or ThanduKeerai) with the batter. This one was even more tastier tasty
Ideas:
ü Other healthier options of including grains like Wheat, Barley(high in fiber), Rye, Oats, Millet; Just powder them fine in the blender and add it directly to the batter.
ü Grinding Yucca root with any of the other beans/lentils mentioned in Multigrain/Sprouted Beans Adai can also be another option
ü Shredded Carrots or Cabbage, drum stick leaves as toppings
ü Alternative of White Idly or Parboiled rice is Brown Rice.