Thursday, February 1, 2007

Parupu Adai

Ingredients
  1. Thuvaram Parupu - 1 cup
  2. Kadalai Parupu - 1 cup
  3. Paasi Parupu - 1/4 cup
  4. Small Onion (chopped) - 1 cup
  5. Sliced Coconut - 1/4 cup
  6. Leaves of Drumstick - 1/2 cup
  7. Chopped Garlic -2 tbl spoon
  8. Salt to taste
  9. Red Chilli - 10 nos
  10. Fennel - 1 tbl spoon
  11. Cooking Oil
  12. Curry leaves

Method

  • Soak thuvram parupu, kadalai purupu and rice in water for 1 hour.
  • Soak pasi parupu separately.
  • Grind the items mentioned in line 1 with red chilli, fennel and salt, grind it coarsely.
  • Add pasi parupu and then grind it for 30 secs.
  • Transfer the grinded mixture to a bowl
  • To the mixture, add the small onion, coconut, garlic, murengaikerai (green leaves of drumstick) and curry leaves
  • Mix to thick consistency
  • Heat a dosa pan and pour a ladle of the batter and spread like a thick dosa.
  • Using a spoon, add oil around the edges, make a small hole in the middle and pour some oil to give a roasted taste.
  • Cook on both sides on low heat.
  • Serve hot, topping it with a teaspoon of butter.

Note:
Serve with sauce, green chutney, onion chutney or ghee and sugar.
It also goes well with a piece of jaggery.
Adai & Avial is a very popular combination.