Photo courtesy: Padmini, Srinivasan (my parents)
This is a true delicacy!! It is a traditional recipe given to me by my Kamala paati. She makes the awesome thavala adais.
Mom made these adais few days back and sent me the picture!
(recipe reposted with picture)
Ingredients:
1 cup boiled rice (puzhungal arisi)
1/4 cup toor dal
1 half of a broken fresh coconut (grate it completely)
1 tsp jeera
1 tsp peppercorns
salt to taste
hing 3 dashes
Soak boiled rice (puzhungal arisi) for 2 hours and the toor dal for 1/2 hour.
Grind separately the soaked rice to a slightly coarse paste (like idly rava consistency).
Please do not add any water. The paste must be thick.
Grind the toor dal separately to a coarse paste (1 dal should be broken into 4 parts), again without water.
Mix the two pastes together evenly. Add grated coconut, jeera, pepper, hing, salt.
Mix evenly to a dough. Take out a ball of the dough and flatten it out in the shape of urad vadas (with the hole in the centre like a donut).
Use a heavy thick broad aluminium/ indalium kadai, add lots of oil (for about 2-3 inches on the surface).
Place these flattened out adais on the sizzling oil and roast evenly on either sides till golden brown and crunchy!!!
Served with molagapodi (chutney podi) and oil and some puli molagai (molaga thokku)
Since I don't have such beautiful traditional vessels or heavy kadais here, I just use the iron dosa griddle. Ofcourse, nothing like doing it the authentic way...It makes a huge difference!!
40 comments:
Thavalai Vadai looks different and tempting. we give it a different shape.
Really authentic Preethi ... looks nice crunchy and perfect in shape :)
actually lakshmi, this is adai...vadai have a different shape..
thank you so much for your visit and lovely comments.
thanks padma
Lovely one. This is one of my Dad's favorite dish and my Mom makes sambar or morkuzhambu as side dish. Your post is kindling fond golden memories for me. Feel like having it right away.
looks very crunchy..can we use raw rice? never tried this one.
thnx sadhana,muskan and mahimaa
Using plain raw could affect the texture... howevere, there is an idea... A simple method to convert raw rice into boiled rice..
Just transfer the sedired amount of raw rice(like long grain or any variety) into a pressure cooker safe vessel. Steam it for 5-7 min without adding the weight and without adding water in that vessel. Do add water at the bottom of the cooker for steaming. It will turn into par-boiled rice (puzhungal arisi)
I am yet to post this tip on the blog... this is a cool idea from my friend who does this to make her idlis with long grain rice:)
it should steam for 5 min (meaning the steam should come out for 5 min..so it might a few 2-3 min more for the cooker to heat up
wow...authentic recepie...Love it..
I would love 2 have this dish..very crisp n nice...
hi preethi....lovely pic...must be delicious as well....
that looks great and authentic!!!
thnx aruna sushma, aysha, priyameena
Looks traditional and nice. :)
Hi Preethi,This is my MIL's masterpiece. But we do not soak and grind. we grind it in a flourmill to a rava consistency and mix in boiling water slowly as of "kozhakattai" and then the same procedure.
Hi Nice adai . lucky u, mom making such nice stuff ,truly a delight right!I love the south indian cuisine so I am following u. Will do try this adai. Have already bookmarked. Find time to visit my blog and leave a comment . If you like my preparations follow me.
This is really new to me...have to try...
This is really new to me...have to try..
vada looks very tempting and tasty.. nice click.. thanks for the recipe :)
New to me...looks yummy...
a new adai to me...looks yummy
i never had this or heard the name also ... But looks delicious ... Nice click dear ...
Never heard abt this one preethi...sounds new to me...very interesting one too.Am gona try this!
I like the name of your recipe.. keep rocking
OMG i was shocked by the name.in malayalam thavala means Frog ,weird naa...anyway this snack is totally new to me ,great recipe preeti...
hehe, true vrinda..thavalla (big lla) means frog in tamil too! thavala seems to be the vessel, ..guess im rite..haha, true true...we always make fun of thavala vadai and thavala adais!
welcome pari, nice to see yr comments, will love to follow yr blog..
Im so glad that u guys are giving it a shot..
Nice idea shanti..actually i can try that with idly rava, should give similar results..
thank u all, glad u liked it
Yummy thavala vadais Kitty!!Ive tasted these in my friend;s house..her patti is an expert in it..I wanna try this..Bookmarked it..Thanx for posting such traditional recipes
WOW... Thaval adai from kamala paati'S recipe and mom's experience reflects in the picture.
Nothing can beat those traditional snacks. Nice recipe dear.
I love this..its quite common n famous in Andhra...personally i don't like it very much but thanks for sharing it..its like a classic.
Eeeeeeeeee! thank u radhika, u r such aa sweetheart!!
wow! thank u all so much, viki, rams, feel sooo good!
Looks delicious...Thanks!!! btw, can I do with any other kind of rice?
wow!!! truly traditional recipe...looks so yummy...
reminds me of the snacks granny's use to make...
Looks fantastic Preeths.. can't wait to try it!! Wish you lived somewhere nearby so I could just pop over and eat all this yummy things I'm too lazy to make :)
Another classic traditional recipe dear, u simple rock!
Hey Preethy,first time here...how are you ?
Adai looks truly unique and yummy.i havent heard this yet..makes me hungry.so,expect me often here.adding you.thanks
this looks really yummy. i have never seen or tasted anything like this.
Looks yum...nice adai...say thanks to your pati and parents ;)
thank u all made my day!!
Sure cherry!, my pleasure
Mythri, u could use idli rice instead... Also u can steam raw rice for 5 min to convert to boiled rice
Ann, thnx!
my my! I have been looking out for this recipe and u posted it at the right time. thank u so much.
so nice shubha!
Mythri, may be you should try idli rice or steamed raw rice(just steam it for 7 min in the pressure cooker without adding water or weight..)just add water at the base for steaming...
Wow authentic recipe....
Looks delicious and yummy......
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