This is a super delicious adai made with pumpkin and cranberries. This is a protein-rich food that is made with rice, lentils, season's best pumpkin and cranberries. This is vegan too.
The dried red chilies and green chilies give the spicy heat to this adai. The spice levels can be adjusted as per preference. The sweetness of the pumpkin, tartness of the cranberries, heat from the chilies - this flavor profile makes this adai extraordinary from regular adai and extremely delicious. Adai batter need not be fermented, but the tartness of cranberries add only a little sourness to the batter as it is well balanced with other components.
Pumpkins are great winter veggie. Once harvested in fall they stay amazing for a couple of months and fresh cranberries are available till December. These two are an amazing flavor combo. Frozen cranberry could also be used, just adjust the water added while grinding to make a perfect consistency. I am linking this to Sundays on Silverado, Happiness is Homemade, and Blogging Marathon.
Here are some great pumpkin and cranberry recipes from the blog.
Vegan Almond, Coconut, and Cranberry Chutney
Vegan Cranberry Soy Spring Rolls
Ingredients
Makes 10 to 12
Makes 10 to 12
Idli rice - 1/2 cup
Raw rice - 1/2 cup
Toor dal -1/4 cup
Chana dal - 1/4 cup
Orange masoor dal - 1/4 cup
Split yellow moong dal - 1/4 cup
Pumpkin -1 cup, diced
Cranberries - 1 cup
Red chilies - 16 to 18
Green chili - 6 to 8
Salt - 1 and 3/4 tsp
Asafetida - 1/4 tsp
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaf - 1 sprig, torn
Coconut oil to make adai
Method
Soak the dal and rice separately for 4-5 hours.
Add salt, turmeric, asafetida, curry leaves. Add half cup water and mix thoroughly.
Flip and cook for 1-2 minutes.
Serve hot with coconut chuney (vegan meal) or avial or butter, if non-vegan.
This is seriously amazing...I have used only the dried cranberries, didn't realise you can make adai as well!..very innovative
ReplyDeleteThis is super innovative of using cranberry in adai. I would have never imagined that combo. looks so delicious
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