ADAI FRITTERS

Ingredients:

For Grinding the batter:

• Raw rice - 1 cup
• Parboiled rice - 1 cup
• Black gram(Uzhunnuparippu) - 1/2 Tsp
• Bengal gram(Kadalaparippu) - 1 Tsp
• Paasi paruppu-1/2 Tsp
• Toor dhall - 1 Tblsp
• Ginger-1 inch
• Green chillies-4
• Red chillies - 4
• Grated Coconut - 1/4 Cup
• Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Tumeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Coriander leaves,Curry leaves - together 1/2 to 1 cup
• Asafoetida(Kaaya podi) - 2 pinches
• Salt - As reqd

Other Ingredients:

• Onion - 2 nos
• Oil - As reqd for frying.

Method:

1. Soak Both the Rices together.Soak all the dhall together in another bowl.
2. After 6Hrs or so,Start the grinding process by adding the grinding ingredients in the below mentioned order.
3. Green Chillies>Red chilles>Coconut>Curry/Coriander leaves>Hing>Turmeric>Salt>Ginger.
4. After they are all smashed ,add the rices and grind till the batter starts forming coarse.
5. When its half coarse,add the dhalls and grind for another 5 minutes.
6. At the end add Cumin seeds and remove the batter.The Batter should not be too watery.
8. This batter has to be left to ferment atleast half a day to 1 day.
9. Next day,Chop onions into small pieces and add it to the batter.
10. Pinch the batter little by little into the oil and once they turn golden brown,remove them.
11. Serve Hot for evening snacks or as a side dish for lunch.

EXTRA NOTES:

• This batter preparation is good to be done the previous day.
• Extra Adai batter prepared to make “KARA ADAI” can be saved for the preparation of this “KILLALS.”
• You can use the Adai Batter of your own style not necessary to make like the mentioned way.
• If the batter is too watery,can make it little stiff in such a way to pinch them into the oil by adding Rice Flour.