adai dosai waffles

There was very little adai batter left for breakfast for all of us, and, this recipe sort of came together as an experiment...

Jaggery, and a mixture of sugar & ghee were quintessential companions of adai in our home when i was growing up...

As adai batter already had dry red chilies and black pepper, these waffles were best served with some brown sugar and a mixture of sugar and butter. But, coconut thogayal, or curry leaf chutney would be good with these as well...


Ingredients
2 cups fermented adai batter
1 cup Bisquick® pancake mix
½ medium onion, finely chopped
1 green chili finely chopped
1 Tbsp fresh grated ginger
some chopped cilantro
adjust salt to taste
water as needed

Preparation

mix the adai batter and pancake mix with some water; add the rest of the ingredients, stir gently to have no lumps; this is a fairly thick batter

pour enough of the batter in a pre-heated waffle iron and cook just like waffles

serve warm with maple syrup, or chutney, or brown sugar, or my favorite: sugar with ghee (or butter)

French Toast Two Ways

Classic french toast remains D's favorite.

I try to keep it very simple:

Beat some eggs and milk with some (brown) sugar; dip a slice of bread in the egg mixture and toast on a non-stick buttered hot pan; cook both sides to preferred doneness; drop a spot of butter and let it melt on top before serving; sprinkle some powdered sugar if preferred and serve warm; D likes maple syrup on top.

A strong cup of Indian Malabar or Costa Rican Peaberry brew usually rounds out this breakfast to D's satisfaction.



Classic French Toast has its merits, no doubt. But, since I prefer savory to sweet, this variation of the recipe came about on a lazy Saturday morning. And looks like my wee one likes this savory version better than the classic sweet version.

• Chop some scallions and chilies finely; beat the eggs and add the scallions and chilies, some salt and curry powder; mix well, keep handy;
  
• preheat and butter the waffle iron; pour some of this egg mixture on the waffle iron, then a slice of bread, and some more of the egg mixture and cook it just like waffles;
  
• the mixture is more watery than waffle batter so the waffle iron might steam a little, so handle carefully;
  
• when done, remove from waffle iron, sprinkle some grated jalapeno cheddar and some home-made bag cheese.
  

My wee one likes ketchup with it. Or, I should say, she likes ketchup with the waffle on the side.

Serve warm with a steaming cup of chai.