Thanjavore Thavalai Adai

Thanjavur is famous for its art(tanjore paintings, thalai aati bommai) and architecture(Brahadeeswara temple).It is also known as Rice Bowl of Tamil nadu.There are so many authentic dishes that are famous in Tanjore district( Ashoka halwa,Poricha kootu,Thavala adai to name a few)
Thavala adai is very easy to prepare dish that can be had as either breakfast or evening snack.It can be prepared in minutes.It is shallow fried and shaped as that of vadai.It is crispier outside and soft inside.

Ingredients:
Rice Rava: 1 cup *
Toor dhal: 1 tablespoon (optional)
Grated coconut: 1/2 cup
Salt: to taste
Pepper corns: 1 tsp
Jeera (Cumin seeds): 1 tsp
Oil: to fry


* To prepare Rice Rawa, take 1 cup of raw rice and wash it thoroughly. Dry it for a while and powder it in a mixie (to a coarse powder).
Can also do this in bulk in flour machine and can be used for thavala adai, arisi upma, upma kozhukattai etc

Procedure:
Step1:
Soak tur dhal fpr 20 minnutes
Grind coconut, cumin seeds, tur dhal and pepper together to a coarse paste

Step2:
Boil 3/4 cup of water in a pan and add the rice rava, salt and ground paste and stir for 1 minute to make a thick dough

Step3:
Divide the dough to 12 lemon sized balls


Step4:
Flatten  the balls in plaintain leaf/butter paper and make a small hole in the center like ulundhu vadai

Step5:
Place these balls in the sides of the heated pan and pour some oil around them

Step6:
Close the pan and cook in the low flame for 2 minutes. 


Step7:
Turn the adais and repeat the same

Some snaps of Tanjore painting and dolls that we displayed in our workplace for a festival