Whole Wheat Corn Roti / Adai N Carrot Raitha

        Day 2 of Blogging Marathon Under the theme "Whole Grain Dishes" and today's healthy and fiber rich recipe, Whole Wheat Corn Adai. More than Adai dosa i like this Wheat Adai and Ragi Adai more. My grandmom makes this wheat/godhumai adai often and give us for evening tiffin/Dinner. These adai are very tasty n wholesome perfect for light Dinner. To make it more healthy, i added sweet corn to my regular wheat adai that turned out so soft and flavorful adai. I made Carrot Raitha to go with this adai, on the whole it was so satifying and yummy dinner. Now to the recipe...

Ingredients

1. Whole Wheat Flour    2 cups
2. Cumin seeds    1 tsp
3. Turmeric powder    1/4 tsp
4. Cilantro   2 tbsp(finely chopped)
5. Salt    to taste

To Temper

1. Oil   1-2tsp
2. Mustard seeds    1/2 tsp
3. Urad dal    1-2 tsp
4. Curry leaves    few
5. Onion   1/3cup(finely chopped)
6. Green chilli   1 (finely chopped)
7. Ginger    1tbsp(finely chopped)
8. Hing    a pinch

To Wet Grind

1. Sweet corn Kernels    1/2 cup ( i used Frozen)
2. Green chilli   3 no.s
3. Cialntro    1/4 cup(roughly chopped)

Method

• Microwave sweet corn for 2 minutes and then allow to cool for a while.
• Then grind along with chilli n cilantro using 1tbsp water to a coarse paste n keep ready.

• Heat oil in a tempering pan, add mustard seeds wait till pop and add urad dal fry golden brown,then add hing,curry leaves,chilli,onion n ginger and saute for 1 minute and turn off the stove.

• Now take wheat flour in a wide bowl, add salt, cumin seeds and turmeric,mix well.

• After that add tempered ingredients and combine well and now add the ground corn paste and knead it to a very smooth dough using very little water.(the dough should be little thick then the chapathi dough).
• Let the dough rest for 20-30 minutes.

• Then again sprinkle 1-2 tsp of wheat flour and keand the dough again for a minute and divide it to 8 equal parts.

• Take one part,roll and on a greased plastic sheet/ziploc pat the dough to a little thick adai.
• Then flip the adai dough on the heated tawa and toast on both sides till golden brown spot appears.
• That's it...Tasty Whole Wheat Cron Adai ready. Serve hot along with pickle or Raitha.
• I served with Carrot Raitha...

Carrot Raitha

This is very easy,simple and my fav one. I like to have this Carrot Raitha mainly for Parathas n Palak Rice.

Ingredients

1. Fresh Yogurt/Curd    1 cup
2. Carrot    1/2 or more(shredded)
3. Tomato   1/8cup(finely diced without seeds)
4. Salt   to taste
5. Cumin seeds   1/2 tsp
6. Cilantro    1-2 tbsp(finely chopped)

To Temper

1. Oil   1/2 tsp
2. Mustard seeds   1/2tsp
3. Urad/chana dal    1/2 tsp each
4. green chilli   2 (slitted)

Method

• Take a bowl,add curd n salt beat until smooth  n cream.
• Add shredded carrot,chopped tomato n cilantro,cumin seeds mix well.
• Heat oil in a tempering pan, add mustard seeds n dals n chilli fry well and add it to the prepared raitha.
• Mix well...That's it...Carrot Raitha ready to serve.

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Happy to send this recipe to "HITS~ Fiber Rich Foods" Happening Here, "I am the Star" @ Vegetarian Food & Me and to the event Gayathri's "Walk Through the Memory Lane" @ Roshan's Cucina and also to Julie's  EP Series - Herbs N Spices.