Ada dosa, Kerala rice and lentil pancakes

Ada dosa, Kerala rice and lentil pancakes

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A Kerala-style breakfast: rice, chana dal, and black chickpeas soaked and then mixed with dried chili peppers, asafoetida, and salt, combined with shallot…

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Unlike a regular dosa, the ada dosa is thicker and crispier, and it doesn’t require fermentation. All you need to do is soak the rice and legumes.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Resting4 hr
  • Total4 hr 35 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • Cooking methodfrying pan
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.29
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  • $0.82
  • $0.37

Directions

  1. Soak the rice, chana dal, and chickpeas for approximately 4 hours.
  2. Drain them and mix them with the salt, asa-fœtida, and chili peppers to create a paste with the consistency of dosa batter. ≈ 4 min
  3. Add the finely chopped shallots. ≈ 3 min
  4. Heat a non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Grease the pan with oil or butter, and then spread a ladleful of batter evenly across the surface.
  5. Cook the samphire on both sides until it is golden brown.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 100 g of uncooked rice
  • 50 g of chana dal
  • 50 g of black chickpeas (kadala)
  • 3 dried red chili peppers
  • 1/4 teaspoon of asa-fœtida
  • salt
  • 5 small shallots
  • oil or butter for frying

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