Kara Adai

Ingredients:

• Idli rice - 1/4 kg
• Moong dal - 2 tbs
• Toor dal - 2 tbs
• Channa dal - 2 tbs 
• Pepper - 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 2 tsp 
• Fennel seeds - 2 tsp
• Red chilly - 5 
• Pearl onions - 20 nos finely chopped
• Bottle guard - 1 medium size (optional) 
• Curry leaves

Preparation:

1. Soak rice and dal separately for 3 hours in warm water. 
2. First grind the rice coarsely.
3. Then grind rest of the ingredients except onions, curry leaves and 1/2 of bottle guard in a mixer grinder. Grind them coarsely (not into a fine paste).
4. Transfer into a bowl and add salt, finely chopped onions, curry leaves , and rest of the sliced bottle guard. 
5. Heat a tawa, pour a ladle of batter and spread it all over the tawa. Heat it on both the sides until it becomes golden brown.
6. Transfer into a plate and serve hot with coconut chutney or avial.