Kulitha Idli ( Steamed Equus Caballus Gram Lentil Rice Cakes)

This is i recipe that screams "healthy". I accept been important to endeavor this for the longest now. Kulith agency Equus caballus gram. We brand a myriad of dishes amongst it. We brand kulitha koddel, kulitha saaru upkari as well as kulitha upkari. The nomenclature is because this grain was fed to horses as well as cattle.Horse gram is extremely nutritious. My woman raise used to patch that eating horse-gram would laissez passer on i the pull of a horse! It is also i of the few lentils/ beans that are evidently non gassy as well as does non practise bloating. Combine this dandy salubrious grain amongst urad dal( matpe edible bean lentil) as well as rice as well as brand idlis ( steamed rice lentil cakes) amongst this as well as y'all accept bonus nutrition. The regular idlis merely accept the matpe edible bean lentil as well as rice, this has the additional nutrients. The downward side is that the idlis don't await real pretty. They await similar they accept flax-meal inwards them! Taste wise, awesome! I dearest it!

So without farther ado allow me percentage the recipe amongst you.

Servings: twenty idlis

Ingredients:

Kulith ( Horse Gram): 1/2 cup
Urad dal: 1/2 cup
Idli rava ( rice rava): 1 cup
Cooked rice/ poha: 1/4 cup
Water: 1 to 1 1/2 cups to grind urad dal as well as Equus caballus gram
Salt to gustatory modality ( roughly 3/4 tsp)

Method:

Soak kulith ( Equus caballus gram) as well as urad dal for 5-6 hours.

Wash idli rava/ rice rava thoroughly as well as proceed aside.

Blend kulith as well as urad dal inwards a blender adding H2O piddling at a fourth dimension until it rises to ii times the book y'all started with. Make certain y'all laissez passer on the motor of the blender some balance inwards between. The consistency of the soil batter should hold upwards fluffy as well as lite ,not runny.

Pour the batter inwards a big bowl/ container.

Now mix the washed idli rava amongst the horsegram-urad dal , add together salt,cover as well as allow it ferment overnight ( 5-6 hours if inwards hot weather).If living inwards a mutual depression temperature region, y'all tin proceed it inwards the mutual depression temperature oven/ microwave overnight amongst the equipment turned off.

Next morn you tin steam the idlis.

Grease the idli mold amongst ghee/ butter/ Pam, fill upwards it amongst batter until 2/3 amount as well as steam inwards the idli steamer / pull per unit of measurement area cooker ( without using the weight) for 10 minutes on medium- high flame.

Turn off the estrus as well as allow it cool downward inwards the steamer for some other 10 minutes earlier taking them out of the mold.

Serve hot amongst sambar/ chutney or both.

Cooking made easy:

Well fermented batter results inwards soft, lite as well as fluffy idlis. You tin know this when the batter has risen a piddling inwards the container. Inadequte fermentation leads to misfortunate character idlis that are hard,dense as well as has a doughy texture.

If the batter is likewise thick, add together a piddling water. The consistency of the batter should hold upwards slightly thick ( thicker than dosa batter).

The add-on of piddling fleck of poha/cooked rice helps ferment the idlis amend making it soft an fluffy.

This idli tin also hold upwards made amongst sprouted Equus caballus gram every bit I accept made inwards the pictures below. Sprouting also helps amongst fermentation peculiarly during winter.

Tip for salubrious living:

Horse gram is extremely nutritious.

Food for thought:

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