Karadayan nonbu adai

(Check Preparations before this)
Ingredients



For sweet adai

Rice flour - well roasted - 1 cup
Jaggery - powdered -1 cup.(don't measure without powdering.If it's in lumps the measurements will be more than what we require)
Water - 1 to 1 1/4 cup..not more than that
Cardamom powder - 1 teaspoon
Chopped coconut - 1/4 cup
Black eye peas (red or white) Karamani - 2 tablespoons(pressure cooked)
(Dry roast the karamani, soak it overnight and pressure cook)
For salt adai

Rice flour - 1 cup - well roasted
Water - 1 1/2 cup
Black eye peas- Karamani - pressure cooked - 2-3 tablespoons
Chooped coconut - 1/4 cup
Green chillies - 2 chopped finely
Red chillies - 1
Asafoetida - little
Salt to taste
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves
Oil for seasoning

Procedure

(Don't steam both salt and sweet together as sweet adai takes more time than salt)


Sweet adai

1.In a heavy bottom pan melt the jaggery with 1 1/4 cups of water. Filter it to remove dirt. Then once again transfer that to the pan and let it boil for a minute.
2.Add cardamom, coconut pieces and karamani. Stir well.
3.Add the roasted rice flour slowly without forming lumps. Stir well.You can see the flour absorbs all the moisture and becomes a thick dough.Keep it aside to cool
4.Once it cools make balls (size of a lemon) and flatten it. Make sure you make a dent in the center. Steam this in idli plates for 10-12 minutes.(Check whether the adai is cooked before taking out.Nothing wrong in keeping for few more minutes)

Salt adai

1.In a pan add a tablespoon of cooking oil. Season it with mustard seeds, red and green chillies, curry leaves and asafoetida.
2. Add the water with salt and let it boil.
3.Now add the boiled karamani, coconut and the roasted rice. Make sure to stir so that it doesn't form any lumps.
4.Within minutes it will absorb all the water and form a thick dough.
5.Once it cools make balls (size of a lemon) and flatten it. Make sure you make a dent in the center. Steam this in idli plates for 10-12 minutes.


Serve both the adais with a dollop of ghee :-) Happy karadayan nonbu folks