Adai and Kurma

Adai is a type of dosa made with diferent types of daals saoked together and grinded with the a few spices  .Copied this completely with the help of my friend as I liked the way she made them.This is very congenial with kurma.The thickness of the Adai makes kurma more appealing.

Ingredients for Adai,
Chana daal- 1 cup
Toor daal- 1 cup
Moong daal- 1 cup
Long grain rice- 1 cup (I used parboiled rice)
Idli rice- 1 cup
Urad daal-3 tbsp
Jeera- 1 teaspoon
fennel seeds-1 tsp
Red chillies-2
Salt- According to taste.

1. Soak all the grains,chana daal,toor daal,moong daal,long grain rice,idli rice and urad daal for about 8 hours.
2. Grind all the saoked ingredients with Jeera ,fennel,red chillies and salt.Add water enough to grind it into batter.
3. Leave the batter for about 1/2 an hour. 
4. The batter is ready to make Adai or dosas.
5.                                        Batter of Adai looks like this.

Ingredients for Kurma,

Ingredients for the masala,

Coconut- 1/2 cup grated ( fresh coconut)

Roasted chana daal- 1/4 cup

Jeera- 1 tsp

fennel seeds- 1 tsp

Green chillies- 2 to 3

Khus khus-1 tsp

Garlic- 2 pods

Vegetables used for kurma,(All cut into small pieces),

Onion-1/2 cup 

Tomatoes- 1/2 cup

Potato- 1/2 cup

Peas- 1/2 cup

Carrots- 1/2 cup

1. In a pan pour a tbsp of oil , add mustard seeds (1 tsp) as they splutter,add cinnamon (1/2 inch stick),cloves(2) and cardamom (2) ,curry leaves .
2. Add all of the Ingredients for the masala to this and just toss them a little till they are warm.
3. Grind them all into a fine paste with water.(around 1/2 to 1 cup)
4. Saute all the vegetables in a pan in a tbsp of oil, add the grinded paste to this and a little salt.
5. Cook this for about 5 minutes.
6. Kurma is ready to be served.

In a pan pour a tbsp of oil , add mustard seeds (1 tsp) as they splutter,add cinnamon (1/2 inch stick),cloves(2) and cardamom (2)  .

Add jeera and fennel seeds.

Switch off the stove.

Add poppy seeds(/khuskhus),garlic,roasted chana dal and

grated coconut.Add green chillies tooToss in a little and then 

grind this in a blender along with water.

Take a tablespoon of oil in a pan and the saute all

the chipped vegetables.Sprinkle a little salt.

Add the grinded paste and salt and cook on low flame

for about 5 min.