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Spinach Adai | Keerai Adai Recipe

November 24, 2015 20 Comments

I love adai. I love any recipe with spinach. So when these two are married? Oh boy!

Spinach Adai | Keerai Adai Recipe

It was love at first sight when I saw this gorgeous adai on Anu’s blog. I made it soon after and absolutely loved it. Since adai batter doesn’t need fermenting, this is far easier to make than regular dosa. I had the batter for 3 days in the refrigerator and it was just fine.

Spinach Adai | Keerai Adai Recipe

Preparation time: 3 hours
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Makes ~20 adai
Recipe inspired by Anu

Ingredients:
1 cup of rice
1/3 cup of toor dal (tuvaram paruppu)
1/3 cup of channa dal (kadala paruppu)
1 large bunch of spinach
1 tsp of cumin seeds (jeera)
3-4 dry red chillies
1 tsp of coriander seeds
1/2 tsp of black pepper powder
1/4 cup of grated coconut
1 tsp of oil
Salt to taste

How to Make Spinach Adai:

1. Add the dals to the rice, wash, and soak for at least 2 hours.

2. Heat the oil and add add the cumin seeds, coriander seeds, red chillies, and pepper. Fry for 30 seconds and add the spinach, roughly chopped. Cook for 2 mins until the spinach begins to wilt and shrink.

Spinach Adai | Keerai Adai Recipe

3. Grind the soaked rice-dal mixture along with the spinach mixture and coconut with some salt and water. The mixture can be slightly coarse, that’s totally fine.

Spinach Adai | Keerai Adai Recipe

4. You can make the adai immediately. Make sure both sides are cooked until slightly golden. I used gingelly oil to cook them up.

Spinach Adai | Keerai Adai Recipe

Spinach Adai | Keerai Adai Recipe

Serve hot with coconut chutney. For a change, I served it with two of my favourites – chow chow kootu – and tomato thokku. Yum!

Spinach Adai | Keerai Adai Recipe

Thanks for the awesome recipe Anu! You rock 🙂

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  1. Moon

    March 10, 2016 at 12:37 pm

    Can we make the batter and store it? And for how long?

    Reply
    • nags

      March 13, 2016 at 5:24 pm

      Hello Moon, yes you can. You can keep the batter in the refrigerator up to 4 days.

      Reply
  2. Anonymous

    April 12, 2013 at 9:08 am

    Can we add water?

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      April 12, 2013 at 9:30 am

      yes please. grind with water.

      Reply
  3. Anonymous

    April 11, 2013 at 12:08 pm

    Are you sure you can make 20 adai (of size as seen in the picture) with one cup of rice? if yes, that would be very good for my diet!

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      April 12, 2013 at 2:22 am

      the picture may be a bit misleading since it was clicked very close to the adai. these are only a bit larger than pancakes and we eat about 4-5 each.

      Reply
  4. Anu Nandu

    June 30, 2012 at 7:12 pm

    I told you right – Your spinach adai looks way more sexier than mine – mine's falling for yours! LOL!

    Reply
  5. Nalini Srinivasan

    June 27, 2012 at 6:48 am

    hi i am in maharastra where we get palak+methi so common. now i found a new way to add palak in menu…tks it came out very well. good post…

    Reply
  6. Nimi

    June 18, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    Love this easy and no-fuss-about-fermenting recipe and will definitely try it. Does this keep well or needs to be consumed immediately? The reason I asked is, can I give it to my children in their lunch boxes?

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      June 19, 2012 at 3:28 am

      yes sure you can send them these adais in their lunch boxes. it won't taste as good as when freshly made though

      Reply
  7. Padhu

    June 18, 2012 at 7:06 am

    Looks colorful!

    Reply
  8. Poornima Nair

    June 18, 2012 at 1:54 am

    I have this bookmarked too. The no fermenting part is the best thing about adais and love the addition of spinach!

    Reply
  9. Priya

    June 17, 2012 at 9:41 am

    Healthy and super catchy adai.

    Reply
  10. Sharmilee! :)

    June 17, 2012 at 4:42 am

    Healthy twist to the usual adais…looks very tempting to try!

    Reply
  11. Tharisi

    June 16, 2012 at 7:37 pm

    Looks great. Must try.

    Reply
  12. Ramya

    June 16, 2012 at 3:51 am

    That is an awesome looking Adai! Treat to eyes and tummy:-)

    Reply
  13. Divya Kudua

    June 15, 2012 at 5:00 pm

    I am looking for a particular adai recipe and this one looks similar to that except for the spinach part!Love tomato thokku wth dosas,the no-fermenting part is the best when it comes to adai I guess!

    Reply
  14. Sag

    June 15, 2012 at 3:59 pm

    Perfect!

    i generally add spinach to almost all dosa batters and even to chapathi dough
    add to pesarattu (Moongdal dosa) it adds even more color .

    Reply
    • nags

      March 20, 2016 at 11:43 am

      that’s a fab idea!

      Reply
  15. ishastastebuds.com

    June 15, 2012 at 5:30 pm

    super…am not spinach lover but loved ur post …

    Reply

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