Idly / Steamed Rice Cakes

A famous Breakfast, or even sometimes Lunch/Dinner. Healthy being steamed. I know, no need to talk about Idly.. isn't it?
Posting a recipe here using Idly Rava.


Ingredients:
2 Cups Idly Rava
1 cup Urad daal ( white lentils)
1 Tspoon Fenugreek seeds ( methi seeds)
Handful of Poha ( flattened rice / Powa )


Procedure:

1. Wash Idly Rava,Lentils,Fenugreek seeds and soak all the ingredients in water for 5-6 hours. Water should be enough. Much above the ingredients.
2. Once soaked, remove all the water. Grind them in Mixer to a consistency just towards coarse but not coarse or fine. While grinding add enough water to smooth grinding.
3. Consistency of batter shall be pouring consistency. Pancake batter consistency.
4. Once the batter is ready, pour it in a container and cover it with a lid. Keep aside in warmer place for 10-12 hours for fermenting to take place. e.g overnight.
5. After 12 hours, you will see the batter has blown up. Add 1-1.5 Tsp salt to batter.
6. Keep water for boiling in a pan. If you have Idly mold,  apply/spread oil to the mold first. Pour the batter ( as per the size of the mold. ) 3/4th fill in the mold.
7. Steam for 12-14 min. 
8. Keep aside for cooling. Don't try to remove Idly when it is hot, it will be very soft then. Give 5-6 min to cool down then remove it using spoon.

Serve hot with Sambar or Coconut chutney or Ground nut chutney.

Idly is a good option for food when you having a throat infection and avoiding oily stuff. It is hot,soft and healthy what more we want? 

Enjoy!!

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Groundnut-Sesame powdered chutney

Instead of making 2 I thought what if I try this, and it worked. Good for winter...hot chutney..
goes well for sandwich. Apply butter to bread slice, spread this powder and yummy sandwich is ready..healthy too :) try it


Ingredients:
Ground nuts and sesame seeds ( teel) almost in equal quantity. Because groundnuts are bigger in size take it less in quantity. 
Red chili powder to taste
Salt to taste
Sugar 1/2 Tsp
Garlic cloves as per taste 


Procedure:

1. Roast groundnuts and sesame seeds together. I roasted them in Oven on lowest temperature ( 160C ) which assures the equal roasting of both ingredients equally and you don't have to keep stirring. If oven if preheated, I guess 10-12 min is enough. Just keep an eye in between; roast them until groundnuts appear like well roasted.  Remove the tray in between roasting to make sure nothing is burning or when it is well roasted.
2. You can roast in kadhai as well. Just keep stirring until well roasted.
3. Once roasted,keep aside to cool down.
4. In mixer pour these 2 things along with red chili powder, salt,sugar,garlic cloves.
5. Grind into little coarse consistency chutney powder. You know how chutneys are :)

Good for winter since Sesame is good in Calcium content. Try the sandwich, i love this chutney sandwich.

Cheese Paratha / Stuffed Cheese Indian Bread

Another 10 min preparation ...ideal for breakfast :) but you can take it in Lunch box too :)


Ingredients: 


Stuffing :
Grated Mozzarella cheese
Cumin powder
Chaat masala / Amchur powder
Red chili powder
Green chili finely chopped
pinch of turmeric
Salt to taste
( I haven't given any proportion spices. Take it as per your taste and quantity you need.) 
Cover:
Whole wheat flour dough


Procedure: 

1. Mix all the ingredients of stuffing. Taste, and add whichever spice you need more or if something is more, add little bit more cheese.
2. Mix well. 
3. Take a part of Dough , roll it into a small poori and put some of the stuffing. Collect all the sides of poori and close it together and make a ball off it.
4. Dust little flour on platform and roll into Paratha with rolling pin.
5. On a heated Tava roast the paratha on both the sides. Keep the stove on medium flame so that it wont burn.
6. I don't use oil for this paratha as it already has a fat.
7. Serve hot with tangy pickle or any fav. chutney.

Healthy about cheese: It is very high in calcium content.

Also very rich in Vitamin B which is good for children, women.

Aloo Methi Sabji / Potato Fenugreek Indian side dish

Blogging after such a looong time...
Today I am posting a side dish Sabji which takes just 10 minutes this way and hence I find it one of the ideal lunch preparation. 


Ingredients: 


5-6 medium sized potatoes boiled in pressure cooker until soft
1 Bunch of  Methi ( Fenugreek leaves which gives approx. 1 cup of leaves after sorting )
1 Tsp coriander powder ( or to taste )
couple of pinches Turmeric powder
2-3 green chillies chopped finely
Salt to taste
1/4 Tsp Sugar 
1 - 2 Tsp oil 
mustard seeds, cumin seeds,Asafoetida


procedure :

1. Chop boiled potatoes keeping the skin on them ( it is healthy ). Chop Fenugreek leaves finely.
2. Heat oil in a pan. Once heated, add mustard seeds, when they splutter add cumin seeds.
3. Add chopped green chillies , Asafoetida. Add turmeric powder.
4. Add chopped Fenugreek.  Saute  for couple of minutes. Fenugreek will get cooked soon.
5. Stir well. Let it cook for couple of minutes.Once you see it leaving water and getting cooked, add chopped potato cubes.
6. Give a nice stir. Mix well.
7. Add salt, sugar.
8. Since potatoes are already boiled, it will not take time. We are just making sure Fenugreek is covered all over the potatoes well.
9. Cook for 1 min on sim flame.
10. Serve hot with Chapati or fulaka :)
11. Sprinkle little lemon juice while serving ...if you like it. It is considered good that green vegetables eaten with lemon juice makes body absorb the iron quickly.

Live a healthy life!!! 

Enjoy