Ingredients: (For 20 idly)
For preparing plain rawa idly
- Curd : 1 cup
- Rawa (Sooji) : 2 1/2 cup
- Salt : 1 1/2 tea spoon
- Eno : 1 tea spoon
- Oil for garnishing the idly plate
For preparing the gravy of fried idly:
- Kadi pata
- Rai : 1/2 tea spoon
- Capsicum : 1 medium size
- Onion : 1 medium size
- Cabbage : 100 gms
- Carrot : 1 medium size
- Lemon juice : 1 teaspoon
- Soya Sauce : 1 table spoon
- Chilli Sauce : 1 table spoon
- Tomato Sauce : 2 table spoon
- Oil : 1 table spoon
- Salt : 1 1/2 tea spoon or as per store
- Black Pepper powder : 1/4 tea spoon
- Water : 2 table spoon
Method:
For preparing plain rawa Idly:
- Mix the rawa well in curd for the batter and add water appropriately to make it a semi-liquid.
- Add salt to the mixture.
- Keep the batter aside for 30 minutes for rawa to get soaked.
- Remove the idly plate from the stand.
- Apply little oil to each cup on the idly plate.
- Add eno to the batter.
- Fill each cup with the above batter and place the idly plates on the stand.
- Pour the 2 to 4 cups of water in the idly cooker and heat to the maximum.
- Now place the filled idly stand in the idly cooker and close the lid. (If using the pressure cooker, do not use the whistle)
- Cook for 6 minutes, open the lid and remove the idly stand after 2 to 3 minutes.
- Remove the idly from the stand and cut them into 2 pieces.
For preparing gravy of fried idly:
- Chop capsicum, carrot, onion and cabbage and keep them aside.
- Put oil in the pan on high flame and heat it for 30 sec.
- Add Rai and Kadi patta to the pan and cook it for 20 sec more.
- Add all the chopped vegetables to the mixture.
- Add salt and black pepper to the vegetables.
- Cook it for 15-20 minute on medium flame.
- Make sure the vegetables are cooked well.
- Mix chilly sauce, soya sauce, tomato sauce,water and lemon juice in a bowl.
- Add the sauce mixture to cooked vegetables and mix them well.
- Add the idly pieces to cooked vegtables and mix them well.
- Hot and spicy fried idly ready to serve with chutney (dhaniya chutney, imli sonth or nariyal chuntye) and ketchup.
Nice website..I am waiting to come to Bangalore and taste some of these myself..