Iyengar Style Thavala Adai Recipe

Step 1: To prepare Iyengar Style Thavala Adai Recipe, dry grind all the ingredients under "For Thavala Adai powder" to a medium-fine powder

Step 2: Mix the thavala dosa powder with sour curd, water and salt to a dosa batter consistency

Step 3: Take a pan and temper with gingelly oil in the following order hing, mustard (wait till it splutters), urad dhal, Bengal gram dhal, mor milagai and curry leaves

Step 4: Once they are fried, transfer them to the dosa batter

Step 5: Let this tempered thavala adai batter marinate for a minimum of 2 hours

Step 6: After 2 hours, check the consistency of the batter and add water if necessary so that it would pour easily (dosa batter consistency

Step 7: Take an appachetty pan (appam pan) and heat it

Step 8: Add oil and pour the batter and make it like a dosa (or appam) shape

Step 9: Cover it for about 2 minutes with a lid or till cooked on one side

Step 10: Flip around and cook for another 2-3 minutes

Step 11: Serve Iyengar Style Thavala Adai recipe for snack or breakfast with your choice of chutney and a sprinkle of paruppu podi