Karadian Uppu Adai - உப்பு அடை

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Ingredients to make 10- 12 adais 

1. Rice Flour 1 cup
2. Cow peas ( red karamani) - 2 table spoons
3. Thin slivers of coconut pieces – 1 table spoon
4. Green chillies - 4 to 5 cut into small pieces
5. Cooking oil - 1 table spoons
6. Urad dal and mustard seeds - 1 tea spoon each.
7. A few curry leaves
8. A pinch of hing.

( rice to water ratio 1:2)
  Pre Preparation

1.  Wash and soak 1 cup of raw rice in water for 1 to 2 hours. Drain water and dry the soaked rice in a clean cloth or a paper under shade.Once the moisture is removed completely,dry grind it to a fine powder, . Roast it in a frying pan till a nice fragrance comes out of it. Keep aside.
2. Soak the karamani in water for about 2 hours before cooking them.
3.  Cook the karamani and keep it aside.

 Preparation

1. Heat the oil in a pan / kadai and add mustard seeds and urad dal. Aftter it splutters add the cooked cow peas. Add the chilli pieces.

2. Pour 2 cups of water. Add salt to taste. Add the curry leaves. Add a pinch of hing powder.

3. Add the rice flour  a little by little and very slowly turning the dough with a ladle. 

4. This should be cooked in 20 minutes. The dough will start rolling into a ball losing its stickiness. 

5. Remove from fire and let it cool. 

6.Take a small chunk and flatten it on a greased banana leaf and pierce a hole in the middle with your index finger.

7. After making sufficient adais, steam cook as you cook idlis.

Serve hot with butter.