http://cooksjoy.com/blog A vegetarian cooking blog with recipes that tickle your taste buds and leave you craving for more !!! Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:27:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/07/kale-adai.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/07/kale-adai.html#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2016 02:45:10 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=22457 Adai is a lentil pancake and you can different vegetables to it and customize. Back home, we make adai with drumstick leaves usually. I do not get drumstick leaves here and kale is my closest substitute. Onion gives a nice crunch to the adai and kale blends in perfectly. Adai-Aviyal is a perfect combo. Off...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/07/kale-adai.html/feed 0 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/12/spinach-masoor-dal-adai.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/12/spinach-masoor-dal-adai.html#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2015 14:00:00 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=19346 Adai is a kind of pancake made with rice and lentils. There are tons of variations and here I have used spinach to make it healthy. This is also a nice way to get spinach into picky eaters. The abundance of masoor dal lying in the pantry prompted for this adai and it did not...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/12/spinach-masoor-dal-adai.html/feed 0 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/02/kaara-adai.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/02/kaara-adai.html#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2015 03:49:02 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=17700 One of the dishes I make regularly at home is adai and they are basically crepes made with rice and lentils. There is a ton of variations and I have already posted quinoa adai, bajra adai and thavalai adai. These crepes can be made in a jiffy since there is no fermentation involved, but a couple of hours...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/02/kaara-adai.html/feed 1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/06/quinoa-adai.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/06/quinoa-adai.html#comments Thu, 27 Jun 2013 06:03:50 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=12866 With people becoming more health conscious, the use of quinoa, flax, etc. have been on the rise. For my part, I bought a big box of quinoa and used it only in a handful of dishes so far. Quinoa has a nutty taste like wheat rava and we bonded instantly. The family on the other...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/06/quinoa-adai.html/feed 9 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/03/thavalai-adai-lentil-pancakes.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/03/thavalai-adai-lentil-pancakes.html#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:00:05 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=8732 I had published this as a guest post for Sangee of Spicy Treats earlier this year. During my recent trip to India, my MIL made this thavala adai for dinner. That was the first time I was tasting it and completely fell in love with the adai. The one thing that I forgot to ask was...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/03/thavalai-adai-lentil-pancakes.html/feed 9