Barley Adai

I first saw this in Priya’s blog, and immediately wanted to prepare it.I have modified the recipe slightly. The texture of this adai is really soft and we loved it. I used: Barley-2 cupsRice-1/2 a cupMixed lemtils -2 cups[Urad dhal,toor dhal,gram dhal,moong dhal,soya bean]Red chillies-10Ginger-1” pieceCumin seeds-1 teaspoonCurry leaves- a fewAsafoetida powder-1/8th teaspoonSalt to taste…

Cornmeal Dosa-Praise worth every bite!!

Mother-in-law-[MIL]-What’s that in your hand?Daughter-in-law[DIL]-That’s corn meal…MIL-What are you going to do with it?DIL-Try out some new dish I guess…MIL-!!! ???? A few months later…. MIL-You got another pack of that corn meal?DIL-No its the same one.MIL-Any idea what you are going to do with it?DIL-How about idli?MIL-!!! ??? A couple of days later.. MIL-What’s…

Multi Flour Dosai with Tomato Sesame Chutney

As with any South Indian family we too love our share of idly and dosa.Since the idli/dosa batter takes longer to grind and ferment,I prefer flour based dosas as they can be whipped up in a jiffy. One such day when we were ‘craving’ for dosa,I found that the pantry shelf had jars with around…