Milagu Adai is a tasty, spicy tiffin made by grinding rice flour & dal to batter and cooked like uttappam. Milagu Adai is commonly made for Karthigai festival and relished as a mild tiffin for tea time. Milagu Adai Recipe is explained in this post with step by step pictures.
Karthigai milagu adai recipe with step by step pictures. A traditional adai made for Karthigai Deepam using rice, dal and black pepper.
About Karthigai Milagu Adai Recipe
Milagu adai is a traditional snack we make for Karthigai Deeepam. To begin with, soak rice and dal in mentioned proportion then grind to a thick batter, add freshly ground pepper along with salt,coconut,curry leaves then make a batter thicker than dosa batter in consistency. Make small slightly thick adais in dosa tawa.
When I was googling for karthigai deepam recipes which I have not tried so far, I found this milagu adai (also called as karthigai adai or pepper adai) quite interesting. Though the ingredients looked much similar to the adai we make, the end result with the pepper flavour and coconut crunch it was so different! It tasted good by itself but with a dollop of butter or jaggery its the best combo!
Variations
- You can add cumin seeds along with pepper, crush it and then add to batter.
- You can replace grated coconut with coconut bits for extra crunch.
Storing and Serving Suggestions
- Serve it with butter and enjoy.
- I wouldn’t suggest storing this adai, instead make the batter ahead and store it in fridge, keeps well for about a week.
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Karthigai Milagu Adai | Milagu Adai
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup parboiled rice idli rice
- 1/4 cup raw rice
- 1/4 cup urad dal
- 1 tablespoon toor dal
- 1 tablespoon chana dal
- 1.5 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoon coconut
- few curry leaves torn roughly
- salt to taste
- oil as required
Instructions
- First soak rice with all other dals together in water for 2 to 3 hours, Set aside.
- Meanwhile, grind pepper coarsely using hand mortar and pestle. After 2 hours grind the rice dal mixture to a coarse paste, sprinkle water little by little.
- Transfer to mixing bowl and add coconut, curry leaves, salt, pepper mix well with little water. The consistency should be slightly thicker than dosa batter.
- Finally, heat a dosa - then take a laddle full of batter and pour it on the tawa , do not spread let it spread by itself.
- Drizzle oil, cook for a minute then flip to other side for cooking and cook till golden brown and the ends start turning crisp. Similarly repeat to finish the batter. Karthigai milagai adai ready!
- Serve Karthigai Milagu Adai hot with butter / jaggery!
Notes
- Use freshly ground pepper powder which gives best flavour.
- Soaking for 2 hours minimum is must for making this adai.
- Make thin or thick adais as per your preference.
- Use gingelly oil or ghee for cooking the adai's.
Karthigai Milagu Adai Recipe Step by Step
- First soak rice with all other dals together in water for 2 to 3 hours, Set aside. Meanwhile, grind pepper coarsely using hand mortar and pestle. After 2 hours grind the rice dal mixture to a coarse paste, sprinkle water little by little. Later, transfer to mixing bowl and add coconut, curry leaves, salt, pepper mix well with little water.
- The consistency should be slightly thicker than dosa batter. Finally, heat a dosa – then take a laddle full of batter and pour it on the tawa , do not spread let it spread by itself. Drizzle oil, cook for a minute then flip to other side for cooking and cook till golden brown and the ends start turning crisp. Similarly repeat to finish the batter. Karthigai milagai adai ready!
Serve hot with butter / jaggery!
Expert Tips
- Use freshly ground pepper powder which gives best flavour.
- Similarly, soaking for 2 hours minimum is must for making this adai.
- Make thin or thick adais as per your preference.
- Likewise, use gingelly oil or ghee for cooking the adai’s.
APARNARAJESHKUMAR
gr8 sharmi ! amma always add pepper powder for everything !
Uma Ramanujam
Aww. looks super good. I remember each festival only after seeing your posts.:-)
divya
Delicious, this looks so inviting!
Tina
Fabulous adai..Beautiful clicks too dear.
Veena Theagarajan
super recipe.. I love the clicks
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Hema
Ddelicious and beautiful clicks as always..
Nagalakshmi V
so very interesting. i have never tried this version before.
Gauri
nice recipe!
revathi
Lovely recipe…:)
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Pavithra Elangovan
We too make this adai Sharmi..but offcourse not on the karthigai festival… sure its tasty :)L:)
Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj
nice authentic dish…
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Nivedhanams Sowmya
such an authentic and traditional recipe!! love your pics sharmi!! (as usual)
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Suja
looks yummy.
Sangeetha Nambi
Wonderful… Tempting Adai…
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Sangeetha Priya
Very inviting adai with beautiful clicks as always!!!
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kausers kitchen
Delicious adai …nice clicks.
Have a lovely weekend 🙂
jyothisharath
Nice recipe Sharmee….pics r awesome
Sangeetha
I agree with Uma, thanks for the reminder 🙂 got to know abt all the festivals from ur posts only 🙂 great work Sharmi!!
It's been long time I made this adai, looks perfect n yumm!!
jeyashrisuresh
We too make adai for Karthigai but this version sounds new. nicely done
Priya
Been ages i have this adai, fantastic adai.
Unknown
Nice recepi.. gonna try this today…
Aruna Sridar
Hello mam, after marriage within a year itself i made my hubby & his tummy happy, for which your recipes helped me a lot..your recipes are easy to follow as it is stepwise with pictures… i also came to know about many festive related recipes. thanks for your good effort :).. And about this recipe, i will try this for the deepam festive. in the notes section last two points are mixed up from your cutlet recipe ???… just wanna clarify…