Lentil Omelette or Adai
This vegan omelette or lentil omelette is a tasty breakfast crepe. It is made with soaked and ground lentils along with rice. It is delicious and easy.
Servings 10 servings
Calories 144kcal
Equipment
- 1 Skillet
Ingredients
- ¼ cup pigeon peas or toor dal
- ¼ cup split chickpeas or chana dal
- ½ cup mung beans or sabut moong
- ¼ cup black lentils or whole urad dal
- ¼ cup red lentils or masoor dal
- ½ cup rice
- 1 tbsp. ginger
- 2 green chillies
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tbsp. dill chopped
- 1 onion finely chopped
- Oil as needed
Instructions
- Wash and soak the rice the rice and lentils separately for about 4 hours. Drain them and grind them to a fine paste along with cumin seeds, ginger and green chillies (if using) and water.
- Form a runny batter. Add chopped dill, curry leaves, finely chopped onion and salt. You are ready to make vegan omelette.
- Take a skillet and heat it. Make sure it is well seasoned. You can use a dosa tawa too. Spread some oil all over it. Now using a big ladle take about 2 ladles of the batter onto the skillet. Now spread it out like a crepe or an omelette.
- Add a few drops of oil all over. Then cover and cook on low heat till it is nicely crisped up. Remove the cover and flip the adai to cook on both sides till browned. You can apply some more oil if needed.
- Your lentil omelette is ready. Enjoy with ketchup, chutney or dip of choice.
Notes
1. Soaking the lentils especially whole lentils helps in easy grinding and a good consistency to the batter.
2. You can use millets or millet flour in place of rice.
3. If making instant omelette or dosa, you can use lentil flours and rice flour. That way you do not need to soak and grind them.
4. You can use any greens or herbs of choice.
5. Let your batter be thick but of runny consistency.
6. If you like, you can add some fillings like sautéed tofu, mushrooms or anything else, of choice.
7. Season your cast iron skillet or dosa tawa well so that the lentil omelette cooks evenly and turns out golden brown.
8. You can store the batter in the fridge for upto 3 days. It may become thicker on storage so dilute with water and use.
Nutrition
Calories: 144kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 155mg | Potassium: 226mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 129IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 2mg