Tri Color Idli

Ingredients
rice - 1 cup
parboiled rice - 1 cup
urad dal,black gram dal - 1/2 cup
fenugreek seed - 1 tsp
salt - 1 tsp
cooked rice - 1 cup
carrot - 1
red chilli - 1
spinach leaves - 8 to 1
green chilli - 1


Method
Soak rice, parboiled rice, urad dal and fenugreek seed in water for 3 to 4 hours. Blend this to a fine paste along with cooked rice. Let it ferment for 8 to 10 hours or overnight.
Take two bowls and put little batter in each bowl. Make a paste of carrot and red chilli and mix in one batter for orange color. Make a paste of spinach leaves and green chilli and add to the other. Mix it well for green color. Now take idli mould. Grease it with oil and pour different color batter in each mould. When cooked you will get idli in three colors green, orange and white. Serve hot with chutney.

Beetroot Dosa with Chutney

Ingredients

For
making batter

Rice– 1 cup

Urad dal/black gram dal –  ½ cup

Parboiled rice – ½  cup

Fenugreek seed – 1 tsp

Beetroot – 1 small

Red chilli – 2

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Ginger– 1 small piece

Little salt

For
making chutney

Onion– 2 medium size

Red chilli – 2

Garlic – 2

Tamarind – small size

Salt as per taste

Mustard seed – 1 tsp

Black gram dal/urad dal – 1 tsp

For tempering

Mustard seed – 1 tsp

Red chilli – 1 broken

Few curry leaves

 Method

Wash and soak dosa making ingredients in water for 3 to 4 hours and then  blend it to a fine paste. Leave it to ferment for 8 to 10 hours. When fermented  add little salt.

Make a paste of beetroot, ginger and red chilli and add it to the batter. Mix well.
Heat a pan and  with the help of a spoon
spread thinly on the tava in a circular way.
Put little oil. When cooked remove in a plate.

For making chutney

In a pan, heat oil, add one tsp of mustard seed, black gram dal and fry till it
splutter.

Then add red chillies and sauté for few seconds. Then add onion and fry for  2 mintues on a medium flame. Add tamarind to it. When cool, blend it to a fine paste by adding little salt.

Temper it with mustard seed, red chilli and few curry leaves. Serve hot with beet root
dosa.

Soya Bean Dosa

Ingredients
rice - 2 cups
urad dal/black gram dal - 1 cup
soya bean - 3/4 cup
fenugreek seed - 2 tsp
salt - 1 tsp

Method
Wash and soak rice, urad dal and fenugreek seed together and in another bowl soak soya bean for 4 to 6 hours.
Blend this to a fine paste and leave it to ferment for 8 to 10 hours or overnight.
Heat a pan and with the help of a spoon pour one spoon of  batter into the pan and spread it in a circular way. Put little oil on sides.
Remove when ready and serve hot with chutney.

How To Make Thin and Crispy Dosa

Ingredients
rice - 1 cup
parboiled rice - 1/2 cup
black gram dal - 1/2 cup fenugreek seeds - 1 tsp
little salt

Method
Soak all these ingredients in water for about 3 to 4 hours and then wash and blend it to a fine paste.
Leave this to ferment for about 8 to 10 hours.
Add little salt to it and then with the help of a spoon pout this on a greased plain pan and spread it in a circular motion. Drizzle little oil on it and let it cook for 2 to 3 minutes till u see small holes appearing on it. Remove and serve hot with chutney.

Green Uttapam

Ingredients

Dosa batter – 1 cup

Paste of spinach leaves – ½ cup

Finely chopped mixed vegetables – 1 cup

(cabbage, carrot, capsicum, corn and onion)

Red chilli powder to sprinkle

Method

Add paste of spinach leaves to the dosa batter. Heat a dosa pan, pour 2 to 3 spoon of this batter to make a thick dosa.

Sprinkle chopped vegetables on top and cook on both the sides.

When done sprinkle red chilli powder on top and serve.

Idli In Molaga Podi

Ingredients

Idli – 7 to 8

Molaga podi – 2 to 3 tbl.sp

Ghee – 1 tbl.sp

 Method

Take 7 to 8 idlis cut into four pieces or take small idlis.

Heat ghee in a pan, when hot, off the flame and add molada podi to it, stir and then add idllis to it and mix well.

Serve hot.

Check recipe for Molaga podi in my blog