Thengai Adai

Adais are spicy tiffen delicacies of south Indians.Usually Adais are prepared by using baters specially ground for them,but thengai adai is simple yet delicious For this we go on to kneed the required ingredients instead of grinding it.This thengai adai tastes good with hot onion chutney or idli melagai podi.This remains me that I should post the recipe of Idli melagai podi next time.Here goes the recipe for thengai Adai.

Mix together

1. 2 cups of rice flour
2. 1 cup of freshly grated coconut
3. 2 large onions cut into small pieces
4. Ginger cut into small pieces
5. 3 green chillies
6. a pinch of asofeteda
7.  curry leaves
8. corriander leaves
9. salt to taste

Method

• Mix together the above said ingredients and kneed them into a soft dough.
• greese a plastic sheet with oil. 
• Spread a piece of the dough evenly in small circles with hand and put a hole in the centre ,this paves way for getting cooked easier.
• make a note that the spread adai is not too thick or too thin.
• Transfer it to a pre heated tawa and cook it both the sides drizzling enough of oil on the sides of the adai  
• See to it that the adais or not over cooked .
• Remove from the tawa and serve it with hot onion chutney.

Mrs.Abirami Ramprasadh