Oct 30, 2008

CARROT IDLI


Idli rice – 2 cups
Raw rice – 1 cup
Urad dal --- 1/4 cup
Grated carrot --- 1 cup
Salt to taste
Soak rice and dal separately for 3-4 hours then grind dal in to a very smooth paste this should be like if you drop a little dal batter in a small bowl of water batter should dissolve in the water with out stirring
Now grind rice in to a coarse paste now add grated carrot and run for 2 min. remove and mix with dal paste mix well add salt and mix well again this makes your batter frothy and leave for over night to fermentation .
Next day morning grease idli plates and pour carrot idli batter as normal idlis and steam cook for 6-8 min. or till done.
1 thing I want to share with you all is I add 1/2 cup carrot while grinding and rest of 1/2 cup I add grated so that you can get carrot pieces when you are eating
And I served with curry leaves powder(curivepaku karam) and coconut chutney also
And also a very good combo with red onion chutney
Enjoy healthy carrot idlies

12 comments:

Deepthi Shankar said...

wow .. carrot idli looks soo colorful & healthy too

Unknown said...

Nice wa to squeeze in veggies in breakfast.

Yasmeen said...

Carrots in idli ,clever approach of eating your veggies:)

Vidhya said...

idly looks really spongy and healthy

Mahimaa's kitchen said...

thanks for your wonderful comments Rekha.. those idlis are so cute and colorful.

Priya Suresh said...

Carrot Idli looks so cute..Kids will love it..

Vibaas said...

this is how i sneak in some veggies for my kids :) Looks bright and colourful :-)

Lakshmi said...

They look very colorful Rekha, colors in food makes it interesting.

Illatharasi said...

oh oh... looks damn cute... love te colour. Very healthy too:)

Andhra Flavors said...

idly looks beautiful and kaju burfy also lovely.

Indian Khana said...

Wow looks so nice...Can I have that plate gal?

Anonymous said...

This is a wondeful idea ...mainly for kids to have them...hope he eats.let me try...i 'll call them orange idlis.