Beetroot Idli Recipe

Ingredients

Rice – 1 cup

Parboiled rice/ukda chawal – 1 cup

Urad dal/black gram dal – ½ cup

Fenugreek seed/methi seed – 1 tsp

Salt – 1 tsp

Cooked rice or poha/rice flakes soaked in water – 1 cup

Beetroot – 1 chopped

Whole black pepper – 1 tsp

For making chutney

Daliya/roasted chana dal – ½ cup

Ginger – 1 inch piece

Coconut pieces – 2 tbl.sp

Green chilli as per taste

Salt as per taste

For tempering

Mustard seed – 1 tsp

Few curry leaves

One red chilli  chopped

Method

Wash and soak rice, parboiled rice, urad dal and fenugreek seed in water for 3 to 4 hours.

Blend it to a fine paste by adding cooked rice or poha.

Cover and leave it to ferment for 8 to 10 hours or overnight.

Next day in a blender, blend one beetroot and whole black pepper and add to the batter. Mix well.

Grease idli maker with oil and pour this batter. Let it steam for 10 to 15 minutes.

When cooked, let it cool down for some time. Demould it and serve hot with chutney.

For making chutney

Blend all the ingredients given and  temper it with mustard seed, curry leaves and red chilli.