Tuesday, April 27, 2010

CARROT IDLI


BASIC IDLI BATTER:

Urad dal1 cup
Idli Rawa2 cups
Rice flakes1/8th cup
Saltto taste
Water
  • Wash and soak Urad dal, rice flakes and Idli rawa separately for 4-6hrs.
  • In a mixer jar or grinder put washed urad dal, rice flakes and grind into fine paste by adding water till soft and fluffy.
  • Wash rava and take hand full of rawa and squeeze as much you can. Combine both rawa and batter and mix well by adding salt to taste.
  • Cover and keep the batter in a warm place overnight to let the idli batter ferment.
  • Now batter is ready for making idli's.
CARROT IDLI:

Idli batter1.5cups
Carrot grated1/2cup
Coconut grated1/4th cup
Fresh Peas2tbsp
Coriander 2 tbsp chopped
Ghee1tbsp
Mustard's1/4th tsp
Cumin seeds(1/4th tsp
Urad dal1/2tsp
Red chilly 1 (break into tiny pcs)
Green chillies (optional)1 tsp (chopped)
Salt to taste


  • In a bowl, mix carrot, coconut, peas, coriander and salt.
  • Heat ghee, prepare tempering (urad dal, cumin seeds, mustard's, red chilly) and pour on carrot mixture. Mix well.
  • To this add Idli batter and mix well.
 
  • Grease ghee/oil to idli plates moulds and fill each of them with 3/4th full of batter.
  • Cook idli's on steam for 15-20mins on medium flame. Off the flame and allow it to cool done.
  • Pull the idli's with help of spoon.
  • Serve with chutney.
CHUTNEY'S RECIPE:

 Allam chutney :
Gram dal chutney : 

2 comments:

  1. I am planning to try out this tmrw

    ReplyDelete
  2. I tried carrot idlis last week and it was so good.yummmy I am new to vegeterian world and health conscious. Paddus Carrot idli recipe was perfect. It came out soft and yummy

    ReplyDelete

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...