Adai Maavu

Preparation Time: 1 hour
Cooking Time: 15 minutes


Ingredients:

1. Puzhungal arisi- 1 cup
2. Kadalai Paruppu- 1/2 cup
3. Thuvaram Pruppu- 1/2 cup
4. Uzhutham Paruppu-1/4 cup
5. Milagai Vatral-10 to 12 nos
6. Pachai Milagai- 5 to 6 nos
7. Perungayam-a teaspoon
8. Curry leaves
9. Murungai Ilai- optional
10. Sombu-optional
11. Sea salt- as required
12. Onions-nicely chopped

Procedure: 

• Soak all the ingredients together and leave it for an hour 
• Grind coarsely in your blender or mixie by adding all the first six ingredients with sea salt
• To the batter add perungayam and curry leaves and mix well
• Some add murungai ilai for medicinal value and sombu for flavor
• Now nice adai maavu is ready and it can be served with vellam, coconut chutney,Thakkali chutney and Ghee
• Chopped onions can either be mixed with the batter or added to the adai when prepared
• Aviyal is a delicious combination that goes well with adai - In south we popularly call this dish ADAI AVIYAL.

English Equivalents:

• Puzhungal arisi- Par boiled rice
• Kadalai Paruppu -Channa dal
• Thuvaram Pruppu- Toor dal
• Uzhutham Paruppu- Urad dal
• Milagai Vatral- Red chilli
• Pachai Milagai- Green chilli
• Perungayam- Asofoetida
• Murungai Ilai- Drumstick leaves, rich in vitamins
• Sombu- Somph