Quinoa Brown Rice Adai

Diwali celebrations are over and after loads of sweets and high calorie stuffs, now it is time for something healthy. Today I am posting a healthy tiffin item.  I wanted to try some thing different and healthy, so I experimented making  adai with Quinoa and Brown rice along with mixed lentils. They came out good and so here I am posting this healthy recipe. 

Quinoa Brown Rice Adai

What are the ingredients needed?

To soak together

Quinoa, 1 cup

Brown rice, 1 cup

Whole Black gram/Ulunthu, 1/4 cup

Whole green gram/Paasi payaru, 1/4 cup

Toor dal/Pigeon peas/ Tuvaram paruppu, 1/4 cup

Split Chickpeas/ Chana dal/ Kadala Paruppu, 1/4 cup

Other ingredients

Red Chillies, 5-6 nos(increase or decrease as per your heat tolerance level)

Ginger, about 1 inch long

Fennel seeds, 1 teaspoon

Turmeric powder, 1/4 teaspoon

Asafoetida, a pinch

Salt as required

Oil, as required

Quinoa Adai

How it is made?

1. Soak the ingredients listed under 'soak together' for atleast 3-4 hours.
2. In the grinder, add a hand full of the soaked ingredients and then add the red chillies and chopped ginger and grind until they are mashed well. Then add the rest of the ingredients and grind to make a smooth batter adding required water. During the final stage, add the asafoetida, turmeric powder and salt and run the grinder till they are evenly mixed.
3. Transfer the batter into the container and keep it aside.
4. Heat the griddle, pour a laddle full of batter and spread them in circular motion. Drizzle some oil. Cook for a minute or two, turn it to the other side, cook for another minute. Then remove from the griddle and serve.

Notes:

• Using this adai batter, I made thin crispy adai. You can add chopped onions, cilantro and curry leaves to form thick adai too.
• Before soaking quinoa, make sure they are washed properly otherwise they will taste bitter.