Cornmeal And Oats Idli

Ingredients

1.  Cornmeal -1 Cup
2.  Oats  -1 Cup
3. Yogurt -2 Cup
4. Green Chilly-3 -4 num(chopped finely)
5.  Mustard Seed-1 tsp
6. Urad Dal -1 tsp
7. Eno Salt or Baking Soda -1 tsp
8. Cashew Nuts -1 tbs (broken into small pieces)
9. Curry leaves-few
10. Oil-1tbs
11. Salt-to taste

Method

• Mix Cornmeal,oats,yogurt in a bowl.
• Add oil in a pan ,add mustard seeds,urad dal  let it  splutter, now add cashew green chillies,curry leaves and fry for few min
• Add the tempered mixture to the cornmeal and oats and mix well.
• Add baking soda and stir .
• Pour batter to the greased idli plates.
• Steam cook  the idly  for 15-20minutes
• Serve with chutney.

Source: Priya's recipe

Idly (Patriotic idly)

Ingredients

1. Raw rice or idly rice or Long grain rice-3 cups
2. Urad dal- 1cup
3. Fenugreek seeds(uluva)-2tbs
4. Carrot -2 (cooked and pureed)
5. spinach-1 cup(cooked and purred)
6. Salt -to taste

Method
         For Idly Batter :

• Soak Urad dal and Fenugreek overnight .soak rice separately over night.
• Grind urad dal and Fenugreek mixture to a smooth paste keep it aside.
• Now add rice and grind to a smooth mixture add enough water(add add to much water as idly need less water .
• Mix both mixture together in a big bowl and keep aside in a warm place to ferment,about 8hrs. (you will see the batter has risen).

      For Preparing Idly :

• Take the Ferment batter and add salt and mix well.
• Take a small bowl add 3 cups of batter and now add the carrot puree and mix well.
• Take another bowl and add 3 cups of batter and add the spinach puree and mix well.
• Heat the pressure cooker or idli cooker, grease the idly plates .
• Fill with the  idly batter(spinach and carrot) and cook them for about 10 minutes.
• Take out the plates n remove the idlis with spoon carefully.
• serve them hot with coconut chutney.

note:The leftover batter can be used for preparing dosa.

Ada Dosa

Ingredients

1. Raw Rice -1/2 cup
2. Whole Moong (cherupayar) -1/2 cup
3. Toovar dal-1/2 cup
4. Channa Dal-1/2 cup
5. Urad dal-1tbs
6. Onions -1/2
7. Coriander leaves-2tbs
8. Ginger-1tbs
9. Green chilies-2num
10. Hing(kayam)-1/2 tbs
11. Turmeric-1tsp
12. salt to taste

 Method

• Wash and soak Rice and dal  for 7hrs or overnight 
• Grind the dal and rice with rest of the ingredients onions ,coriander leaves,ginger.green chillies,hing and turmeric,the batter should not be watery it should be thick and  coarsely ground .
• Heat a griddle on medium to high heat.Once it is hot pour a scoop of batter in the center of the griddle spread the batter evenly in circular motion.
• Drizzle oil on the dosa and cook for 2min.Then flip over to the other side .Cook for couple of minutes, it should be golden color .Serve immediately.
  

Sabudana Dosa( chawari dosa)

Ingredients

1. Raw Rice -1cup 
2. Rice-1cup ( Par boiled rice or long grain)
3. Sabudana ( Chavari) -1/2 cup
4. Rice flakes (Aval) -1/2 cup
5. Urad dal -1 tbs
6. Fenugreek seeds (uluva)-1 tsp
7. Turmeric Powder-1tsp

Method

•   Soak Sabudana,Rice flake Urad dal and Fenugreek seeds(wash before soaking) for 4hrs.
•   Soak rice Separately for 5-6 hrs
•   Grind Sabudana ,rice flakes,dal and feenugreek seeds to a fine  paste(use the water used for soaking for grinding) keep aside
• Grind rice to a fine paste add to the above mixture and mix well 
• Keep aside for fermenting for 8-9hrs
• Add salt and turmeric 
• Heat a dosa griddle  and once it is hot
• pour a scoop of batter in the center of the griddle,Place the bottom of the ladle flat on the center of batter. In an outward circular motion, spread the batter evenly..and make thin dosas 
• Drizzle ghee sparingly on the dosa and allow it to cook for a couple of minutes.
• Run the tip of your spatula around the outer edge of the dosa,this allows it to flip over easily.
• Flip the dosa to the other side. 
• Cook for another couple of minutes and serve  with  chutney

(*****I would like to thank Manju Pramod for this recipe)