Contest Entry posted by Shripriya A Ramakrishnan (SRK)

Wheat flour - 1 cup

Toor Dhal and Bengal gram dhal - Fistful of each one.

Urad dhal - 2 table spoons

Raw rice - 2-3 tablespoons

Red Chillies - 4

Asafoetida - little

Curry leaves - 2-3 strings

Coriander leaves - few

Salt - As needed.

1. Soak the dhals and the rice together for 2 to 3 hours. Add red chillies and asafoetida and grind it coarsely in the mixer grinder.

2. Add the ground mixture to the wheat flour and mix them without forming lumps. If you want a little sour taste, you can add sour buttermilk instead of water while mixing. The batter should be in adai batter consistency. Add the salt.

3. Chop the coriander and leaves and curry leaves finely. Add it to the batter.

4. Pour 1-2 laddles full in the greased tawa and pour a teaspoon of oil around. When done flip it over and cook well the other side too.

5. Have it with your desired chutney/sambhar/molagapodi.