Paruppu Adai

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup
Toor dal (thuvaram paruppu) - 1/2 cup
Moong dal (pasi paruppu) - 1/4 cup
Bengal gram (kadalai paruppu) - 1/4 cup
Garlic - 2 nos.
Aniseed (fennel seed/sombu) - 1/2 tsp
Big Onion - 1 - chopped
Red chillies - 4 Nos
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Hing - A pinch
Spinach/Methy leaves/any keerai(greens) - 1 bunch(optional)
Salt - 3/4 tsp or as per need

Method:

1. Grind rice, toor dal, moong dal and bengal gram with garlic, aniseed, and red chillies.
2. Add the chopped onions, spinach, a pinch of hing, salt and turmeric to the mixture.
3. Mix everything, do not add too much of water. It should be in semi-solid form.
4. Heat tava and add a ladle of mixture in tava and spread as you do for dosai.
5. Add a tsp of oil and let it for 1 min.
6. Then flip adai, so that the other side of adai also gets cooked well.

Note:

Serve adai with coconut chutney, vegetable kootu, avial. Avial will be the best combination for adai. This is the most favourite south indian dish. You cant eat more than 2 nos, that much filling it would be. Try it, you will become a great fan of adai.