Monday 16 March 2015

VELLA ADAI AND UPPU ADAI

 Raw rice - 1 cup
Jaggery - 1 cup
Water - 1 1/2 cup
Coconut bits or grated coconut- 1/4 cup ( I used a mix of both)
Black eyed peas or karamani - 1 tbsp cooked
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp

Preparation

Pressure cook black eyes peas until soft but not mushy.

Roast raw rice until it changes to golden brown color.Grind it coarsely like rava.

Melt jaggery in 1 1/2 cup of water, filter it to remove impurities.

Method

Add grated coconut and karamani/cow peas, cardamom powder to the jaggery water.

Boil jaggery water, when it starts boiling, add a tsp of ghee.Then reduce the flame and add rice rava slowly stirring continuously.
Keep the flame in medium and cook well until it leaves the sides of the pan. Switch off the flame and allow it to cool.
Divide it equally, make balls, flatten it, put a hole in the center (as in the picture above) and steam the sweet adais in an idly cooker or steamer for 15 minutes.

Serve with butter.

Uppu Adai Recipe for Karadaiyan Nombu

Cook time - under 20 mins 
Yields - 12 

Preparation of Rice flour

Wash and soak raw rice for 3-4 hours. Drain the water completely and spread it on a cloth for 10-15 minutes. Then grind it to a fine powder or you can get it ground in the flour mill.
Then roast that rice flour in medium flame until you get a sandy texture. There should not be any moisture in the flour. 
Ingredients needed

Rice flour - 1 cup
Water - 2 cup
Thinly sliced coconut bits - 1/4 cup
Karamani or black eyes peas - 11/2 tbsp cooked

For the seasoning 

Oil -3 tsp
Hing - a generous pinch
Mustard -3/4 tsp
Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
Ginger 1 inch piece finely chopped
Green chilli - 2 finely chopped
Curry leaves -few

Method 

Heat 3 tsp of oil, add hing, mustard seeds ,when mustard splutters, add urad dal, ginger, green chillies and curry leaves.
When dal turns light brown, add coconut bits, cooked black eyes pea and saute for a few seconds.

Add 2 cups of water, salt needed and bring it to boil.

When water starts boiling, reduce the flame and add rice flour slowly stirring continuously.

Cook till it leaves the sides of the pan.Allow it to cool.

Make balls, flatten it, make a hole in the center and steam cook for 15 minutes or until done.(Grease the idly plate before steaming)


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