Instant Ragi Idli
Instant Ragi Idli - A nutritious and healthy breakfast made with ragi flour , curds and semolina.
Servings 4 person
Calories 164kcal
Equipment
- Flat Pan
- Idli moulds
- Pressure Cooker Or Steamer
Ingredients
- ½ cup Ragi Flour / Finger Millet flour
- ½ cup Regular Rava / semolina
- ¾ cup Curds
- ½ cup Water
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- ½ teaspoon Mustard seeds
- ½ teaspoon Jeera/Cumin Seeds
- 1 tablespoon Chana Dal
- 1 tablespoon Urad Dal
- 1 tablespoon Cashew halves , optional
- 1 teaspoon Green Chili , finely chopped
- 1 sprig Curry leaves , chopped
- ¼ teaspoon Coriander leaves
- ⅓ Cup Carrot , grated
- ⅛ teaspoon Baking Soda
Instructions
- Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a flat pan.
- Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds , once it starts to splutter add cashews
- Add Chana Dal and urad dal and saute till cashews and dals turns light golden brown.
- Now add in chopped green chilly and curry leaves and mix .
- To this add regular rava / semolina and fry on a medium heat for 2 minutes.
- Add ragi flour and continue to roast on a medium heat for 3-4 minutes.
- Turn off the heat / stove. Remove pan from the stove and set aside for the mixture to cool down.
- After cooling , add in salt , coriander leaves and grated carrot.
- Mix well everything .
- Add curds and water , stir and mix well , so that there are no lumps.
- Keep it covered aside for minimum 10 minutes or more to rest .
- Whilst , keep water for boiling to steam idlis . Also grease idli plates with oil and set aside.
- After 10-15 minutes, ragi and rava would have absorbed water and batter would be very tight.
- Add ¼- ⅓ cup of curds and 1 - 2 tablespoon of water if needed and mix well everything to a Idli batter consistency.
- Place ladle full of idli batter on each section of greased idli plates/ molds , tap the molds to level the batter.
- Now place the stacked idli plates into a steamer and steam for 10 -12 minutes only. Give standing time of minimum 5 minutes before remove idli's from plates. Alternatively you can cook idli in a pressure cooker without closing pressure (weight) .
- Remove Idli plate from steamer , wet the base of idli plate with cold water and remove idli's. Serve Idli hot with Tomato Chutney or Bombay Saagu.
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Nutrition
Calories: 164kcal