Thavala Adai

Hello everyone,

Thavala adai is a traditional recipe from Tanjore. It is prepared with arisi kurunai(broken rice) and lentils. 

I never tasted this until I got married. My MIL makes it and I learnt this recipe from her. Thavala means big pot in Tamil. Adai is roasted in thavala instead of dosa tawa. My MIL used to make this in vengala thavalai later she started doing using dosa tawa as she used to get burns in hand while flipping the adai.  

Thavala adai can be made as a tiffin instead of regular dosa, idli,upma etc. This is rich is in protein. It is crispy outside and soft inside. This is little time consuming but it tastes great. 

This can be given to kids for lunch box and they would love it. Give it a try and here is the recipe. 

Ingredients:

Raw rice - 1 cup

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Hing - a generous pinch

Grated coconut - 1/4 cup

Coconut oil - 1 tbsp for preparing mix + 2 tbsp for roasting

Salt as needed

To Soak and Grind:

Toor dal - 1/4 cup

Chana dal - 1/4 cup

Mung dal - 1/4 cup

Urad dal - 1.5 tbsp

Red chili - 1

Green chili - 1

Ginger - 1/2 inch

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Pepper corns - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves - 7-8 nos

Method:

1. Grind rice coarsely like sooji and keep it aside.
2. In a bowl soak toor dal, chana dal, moong dal & urad dal in enough water for 2 hrs. 
3. Transfer the soaked dals into a blender and add red chili, green chili, ginger, cumin seeds, pepper,curry leaves to it. Grind it coarsely without adding water. Keep this aside.
4. Heat 1tbsp coconut oil in a large pan, add mustard seeds. Once it sizzles, add 2 cups of water, salt, coconut and hing. Allow the water to boil.
5. When the water starts to boil, add coarsely ground rice. Mix well with a laddle without any lumps. Once it is cooked, add the dal mix. Combine well to make it like upma. Allow it to cool down.  
6. Apply oil in dosa tawa and heat it. Take lemon size ball and make it like thin cutlet and roast in dosa tawa. Apply oil and gently flip to cook the other side. Add 3-4 adai in one batch. 
7. Adai will be crispy when both the sides turn golden brown. Remove them from the tawa and repeat the same with rest of the rice dal mix. 
8. Thavala adai is ready to serve with any kind of chutney. 

Rava Semiya Paniyaram

Hello everyone,

Rava Semiya paniyaram is an easy snack or tiffin which is made by adding onion, carrots and other spices to the rava semiya batter.

We usually make Paniyaram or paddu with idli/dosa batter. If we are out of dosa batter, we have the option of making rava semiya paniyaram. This instant paniyaram is easy to make for kids lunch box.

 

Usually only rava is used to make instant paniyaram but adding semiya will give a nice taste and texture.

 

My MIL read this recipe in some magazine. She said she tried without any spice or masala and it came out well. 

My son likes carrot in everything. I tried adding onion and carrots and it turned out really yumm :)

 

Ingredients:

For batter:

Rava - 1 cup

Semiya - 1 cup

Curd/Yogurt - 1 cup

Water - 1 cup+ 1 cup

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves

Oil as needed for roasting

 

For the masala:

Oil - 2tbsp

Mustard seeds- 1tsp

Cumin seeds/Jeera - 1/2 tsp

Urad dal - 1tsp

Chana dal - 1tsp

Green chili - 1 or 2 finely chopped as per spice level

Ginger - 1tsp grated or crushed

Curry leaves -few chopped

Hing - a pinch

Onion - 1 cup finely chopped

Carrot - 1 cup grated

Salt - a pinch

 

Method:

1. Dry roast rava and semiya for about 1-2 mins or until it is hot.
2. In a large bowl, add rava, semiya, curd and  1 cup water. Mix well and let it rest for 25mins.
   
3. In the mean time, prepare the masala for the paniyaram. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds.
4. When it splutters, add cumin seeds, urad dal, chana dal, green chili, ginger, curry leaves. Fry until dal turns golden brown.
5. Add onion, sauté until it is translucent. To the onion, add carrot and sprinkle some salt. Sauté for a minute and switch off the heat.
   
   
   
6. Transfer the prepared onion carrot mix to the paniyaram batter. Add some salt, coriander leaves and mix well.
   
7. Further add 1 cup water to adjust the consistency.
8. Heat paniyaram/appe pan, add few drops of oil in the holes.
9. Fill each hole with prepared rava semiya paniyaram batter. Simmer and cook until the base turns golden.
   
10. Flip it over and cook on the other side. Simmer again and cook until golden brown.
11. Rava Semiya Paniyaram is ready to serve with any preferred chutney