Adai batter is thicker and coarser than the thin, smooth dosa batter. Adai includes spices, chillies, and herbs, unlike the relatively plain dosa. Dosa is thin and crispy; adai is thicker, dense, and ...

The day my friend couldn’t stop gushing over a chyawanprash sprinkled with flax and sunflower seeds, I blurted out, "So what! I added flax, sunflower and chia seeds to the adai yesterday!” “Oh, so ...