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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Adai muffins (lentil)

Adai is a healthy protein rich vegan pancake in South India. To make it kid friendly we tried a fancy twist to it. It serves as a good healthy breakfast or snack.

 Ingredients 

Channa dal               - 1/4 cup
Urad dal                    -  1/4 cup
Whole moong dal     - 1/4 cup
Toor dal                    - 1/4 cup
whole grain wheat    - 1/2 cup
red chillies                - 5 (optional)
salt                            - as per taste
asoefatida                 - a small pinch


Soak the dals and wheat grain for 3-4 hours. Grind to a smooth paste in the blender adding salt and the red chillies.
Leave it overnight in a warm place. Pour the batter in greased muffin cups and microwave for 2-3 minutes. Enjoy the muffins as such or with sweet/spicy chutney.

Tips:

1. You can mix and match dals/lentils of your choice. 
2. You can replace whole grain wheat with other grains like millet/quinoa/oats/rice/grits
3. Do not microwave for too long as these may dehydrate the muffins and they will become too hard in texture.
4. You can skip the red chillies and add black pepper/cayenne pepper or green chillies instead.