Name: Healthy Designer Idlis recipe by Nishha Arora at BetterButter
Prep time: 360 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 370 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: half cup black gram skinned (dhuli urad); 1 cup Idli Rava; one fourth Cup boiled beetroot paste; one fourth Cup carrot and tomato paste; one fourth Cup coriander and celery paste; 10 to 15 strands of saffron; salt to taste; one teaspoon oil for tempering; one teaspoon chana dal; one teaspoon black gram skinned; grated carrot for garnishing; dry fruit for garnishing; 4 tablespoons of Hung curd for garnishing

Ingredients Serving: 4

half cup black gram skinned (dhuli urad)
1 cup Idli Rava
one fourth Cup boiled beetroot paste
one fourth Cup carrot and tomato paste
one fourth Cup coriander and celery paste
10 to 15 strands of saffron
salt to taste
one teaspoon oil for tempering
one teaspoon chana dal
one teaspoon black gram skinned
grated carrot for garnishing
dry fruit for garnishing
4 tablespoons of Hung curd for garnishing

Instructions

SOAK 1/2 CUP BLACK GRAM SKINNED DAAL OVERNIGHT AND 1 CUP IDLI RAVA SEPARATELY FOR 3 HOURS
BLEND THE BLACK GRAM SKINNED TO A SMOOTH, GLOSSY PASTE USING VERY LITTLE WATER
KEEP THE PASTE IN A BOWL
NOW DRAIN THE EXTRA WATER FROM IDLI RAVA AND SQUEEZE IT BETWEEN YOUR PALMS TO REMOVE THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE WATER AND MIX IN THE DAAL PASTE
MIX THE BATTER NICELY
DIVIDE THE BATTER INTO 5 PARTS
WE WILL ADD NATURAL COLOURS AND FLAVOURS TO 4 PARTS AND ONE PART WILL BE WHITE
ADD BEETROOT PASTE LITTLE BY LITTLE TO 1ST PART AND MIX NICELY AND ADJUST THE CONSISTENCY
BEET BATTER IS READY
ADD TOMATO AND CARROT PASTE TO 2ND PART AND MIX NICELY
TOMATO AND CARROT BATTER IS READY
STRAIN THE SAFFRON STRANDS AND MIX IN THE 3RD PART
SAFFRON BATTER IS READY
ADD CORIANDER AND CELERY PASTE TO THE 4TH PART AND MIX
CORIANDER AND CELERY BATTER IS READY
ALL THE BATTERS ARE READY. ADJUST THE CONSISTENCY OF THE BATTER WITH PASTE ONLY. ADD WATER TO THE WHITE BATTER TO GET IT TO A RIGHT CONSISTENCY
ADD SALT TO ALL THE BATTERS
IN A MINI PAN HEAT 1 TSP OIL
ADD 1 TSP CHANA DAAL, 1 TSP BLACK GRAM SKINNED DAAL AND LET THEM SPLUTTER, WE WILL USE IT TO GARNISH THE IDLI
GREASE THE IDLI MOULDS
IN SOME MOULDS ADD FRIED DAAL, GRATED CARROTS, DRYFRUITS,ETC TO GARNISH
NOW POUR THE BATTER AND MAKE DESIGNS AS PER UR IMAGINATION
MIX AND MATCH THE BATTERS
YOU CAN MAKE SEVERAL DESIGNS WITH DIFFERENT COLOUR COMBOS
STEAM THEM FOR 8 TO 10 MINS
STEAM ON MEDIUM TO HIGH HEAT
IDLIS ARE READY, SCRAP AFTER 5 MINUTES AND SERVE HOT WITH SAMBHAR, CHUTNEY OR HUNG CURD ICING.

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