This spicy adai is packed with goodness since made of mixing variety of lentils with fox tail millet and topped with Drumstick leaves. Every ingredient added to this food has high nutritional value. This breakfast is very rich in nutrients which are highly essential for growing children. Since this is accompanied by butter(Peanut butter for vegans) and jaggery it also provides needed fat and iron. An ideal breakfast for young people to start a day with..
Ingredients for making Muzhu Ulunthu & Thinai Adai:
Rice 1 cup Foxtail millet 2 cups Whole Blackgram 2 cups Thur dal 1/2 cup Moongh dal 1/2 cup Chana dal 1/2 cup Red chillies 3 to 5 Ginger a small piece of an inch size (Peeled) Drumstick leaves 1cup, Grated Bottlegourd (Lauki) 1 cup Finely chopped onions 1 cup Salt to taste Hingh powder 1/2 tea spoon Oil for making Adai
How to make Muzhu Ulunthu Adai?
Mix rice, millet and lentils together and wash twice. Soak in water for 4 hours. Grind them to coarse thick batter adding red chillies and salt. Allow it to get ferment slightly for 3 to 4 hours.
Then add washed drumstick leaves, grated bottlegourd ,onions and hing powder. Mix well.
Heat a dosa tawa. Pour a ladle of batter on it and make like dosa. With the dosa flipper make a hole in the centre and drizzle some oil there and around it. after 2 minutes flip off the next side.
Cook till both ends become brown in colour. Spread a teaspoon of butter on it and serve with Jagerry powder or brown sugar. It tastes heavenly. Chutney and sambar also taste delicious with this...
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ReplyDeleteLook yummy, my flavor is spicy, This recipe is useful for me, thanks
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