Saamai Vegetable Adai (Little Millet Vegetable Adai)

We usually prepare adai with rice, dal mixture and with some other spices. I added little millet instead of rice and added few vegetables to make it more tasty. I have already posted few DOSA / UTHAPPAM / ADAI varieties and MILLET RECIPES... Check out that too....

Cooking time: 2 mins per Adai

Serving: 8-10 adais

Ingredients:

Little Millet - 1/2 cup (roasted)
Tuvar dal - 1/4 cup
Channa dal - 1/4 cup
Moong dal - 1 tbsn
Uraddal - 1 tbsn
Carrot - 1 (grated)
Cabbage - 1/2 cup (chopped)
Mint leaves - 1/4 cup (chopped)
Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup (chopped)
Onion - 1 (chopped)
Red chillies - 5
Ginger - 1 inch
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tbsn
Fennel seeds - 1/2 tbsn
Asafoetida - 1/4 tspn
Oil as needed for cooking Adai
Salt to taste

Method:

1. Wash and soak the millet in a bowl for 1 hr. Wash and soak all the dals together in a bowl for 1 hr.

2. Grind red chillies, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, asafoetida, Ginger in a mixer jar. To this add the dal mixture and grind it to a smooth paste. Transfer to a bowl.

3. Add the soaked millet and grind it to a smooth batter. Transfer to the dal mixture.

4. Add all the vegetables, mint, coriander, onion in to the batter. Mix well. Now the Adai batter is ready.

5. Heat a dosa tawa. Pour a ladder full of batter and spread it into a thick uthappam. Drizzle oil around the edges. Let it cook for a minute.

6. Flip the other side and cook for another minute.

7. Little Millet Vegetable Adai is ready to serve. You can serve it with any chutney of your choice.

Notes:

You can use other millets like foxtail millet, barnyard millet too.
You can add coconut shredded or a small bit pieces to make it more tasty.