After reading about all the benefits of brown rice lately, I picked a pack of brown rice during one of our weekly grocery shopping. As usual it was ignored in my kitchen. I have hoarded a lots of stuff similar to this - oat bran, wheat bran, steel cut oats, flax seed, flax seed meal, almond butter, chia seeds are some of them. I get all these healthy ingredients when I read all the health benefits, try them in any one recipe and then just hoard them. I was trying to clean my kitchen, fridge and freezer and I was just amazed to look at the huge list of ingredients I have stashed in there. In an attempt to finish up all those ingredients, I started with this brown rice adai. Any suggestions for dishes made with the above ingredients are welcome!!
The brown rice adai sure turned out delicious and it made a great weeknight meal. I soaked the pulses and rice in the afternoon and the adais were whipped up in a matter of minutes. I used sprouted moong dal which I had on hand. This can be replaced with regular moong dal or any other beans. There is no need to ferment the batter. The adai can be made immediately after grinding. I served them along with some onion chutney.
Ingredients
Brown rice - 1 cup
Toor dal - 1/2 cup
Sprouted moong - 1/2 cup
Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
Coriander leaves
Asafoetida/Hing - 1/2 teaspoon
Ginger - 1/2 inch
Dried red chillies - 2
Few curry leaves
Salt to taste
Directions
Soak the pulses and the brown rice together for atleast 2-3 hours.
Drain the water. Combine together all the ingredients in a blender and grind to a smooth batter. Add little water if required. the batter should be of pourable consistency.
To make the adai, heat a dosa pan, and add a ladle of batter in the center and then spread in circles with the help of the back of the ladle as you would make dosas.
Drizzle a teaspoon of oil. After a minute, flip the adai and allow the other side to cook. Remove from the pan and serve the crispy adais with a chutney of your choice.
Sending this to WWC Brown rice for Dinner hosted by Siri.
The brown rice adai sure turned out delicious and it made a great weeknight meal. I soaked the pulses and rice in the afternoon and the adais were whipped up in a matter of minutes. I used sprouted moong dal which I had on hand. This can be replaced with regular moong dal or any other beans. There is no need to ferment the batter. The adai can be made immediately after grinding. I served them along with some onion chutney.
Ingredients
Brown rice - 1 cup
Toor dal - 1/2 cup
Sprouted moong - 1/2 cup
Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
Coriander leaves
Asafoetida/Hing - 1/2 teaspoon
Ginger - 1/2 inch
Dried red chillies - 2
Few curry leaves
Salt to taste
Directions
Soak the pulses and the brown rice together for atleast 2-3 hours.
Drain the water. Combine together all the ingredients in a blender and grind to a smooth batter. Add little water if required. the batter should be of pourable consistency.
To make the adai, heat a dosa pan, and add a ladle of batter in the center and then spread in circles with the help of the back of the ladle as you would make dosas.
Drizzle a teaspoon of oil. After a minute, flip the adai and allow the other side to cook. Remove from the pan and serve the crispy adais with a chutney of your choice.
Sending this to WWC Brown rice for Dinner hosted by Siri.
WOnderful and absolutely healthy adai, i dont bother to have everyday..
ReplyDeleteI love the fact that it doesn't need any fermentation. Weather sucks here at my place and all my idlis and dosa batter are not at all fermenting.
ReplyDeleteThanks Divya :-)
Siri
healthy and delicious adai
ReplyDeleteHealthy and Delicious Adai...
ReplyDeleteVery healthy adai and great choice with onion chutney!
ReplyDeleteHealthy adai... Looks so inviting..
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Lovely brown dosa, totally healthy. I too have a pack of brown rice sitting in my pantry.
ReplyDeleteAaha Oho
Adai looks greattt!!
ReplyDeleteQuite healthy!I am it makes a great meal by itself!I'd love to throw in some onions and cilantro to the batter!
ReplyDeletelooks delicious !
ReplyDeleteThis looks delicious and healthy adai.....
ReplyDeletehealthy adai..
ReplyDeleteI have a brown rice adai and oats rawa dosai recipe too.
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even i am thinking to add brown rice in my diet, this sounds delicious.Will give it a try
ReplyDeleteVery health and delicious looking adais - I must try to use brown rice with more recipes - lovely post dear :)
ReplyDeleteVery healthy adai :)
ReplyDeleteIncluding brown rice in diet..a very healthy adai/dosa..
ReplyDeleteAdai looks lovely and healthy..would love to eat that now..:)
ReplyDeleteHealthy one!!
ReplyDeletelooks delicious,.
ReplyDeleteGreat recipe and clicks :)
ReplyDeletei had a conversation about protein for BF the other day with my frd and she suggested precisely this recipe!
ReplyDeletei let the mixture ferment though :)
Lovely!
Sounds cool,have to try on brown rice soon!
ReplyDeletehealthy yummy adai
ReplyDeleteThis is a real nice recipe for brown rice and easy to make. Thanks Divya -will try it soon.
ReplyDeleteI make a big batch of adai batter atleast once a month for its crispy, crunchy texture. Using brown rice sounds a like a wonderful variation, sprouted moong too.
ReplyDeleteI am scared to even look into my pantry now :) I use steal cut oats and bran to make granola mix. Flax seeds meal is usually to replace eggs while baking, but due to its neutral taste you can add a spoonful in curries/gravies or even add it to your favorite kura/idli/pappu podi. I used almond butter once as a binder to a make granola bars and as a dressing for noodles (almond butter, soy sauce, lime juice, honey, grated ginger and red pepper flakes).
That's an interesting looking dosa. Make granola, it'll use up a lot of those ingredients
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