IDLY VARIETIES:- KOLLU IDLY / HORSE GRAM IDLY

Horse gram ( Kollu in Tamil), comes under pulse variety, is considered a food with medicinal qualities.

It has the highest calcium content among pulses and is one of the richest vegetarian sources of protein.

It is also beneficial for extracting phlegm and controlling fever and cholesterol levels. Eating plenty of horse gram, can actually help in the management of  Obesity. 

Horse gram. has the ability to generate heat and energy in your system and therefore keeps our body warm on a cold winter day.

KOLLU  IDLY

This receipe is simple and easy to prepare.  

INGREDIENTS:- ( for measurements I iused anjaraipetti cup)

Idly rice - 3 parts

Horse Gram  - 1 part

Urid dal - 1 part plus 1 tbsp

Water for soaking and grinding

Salt to taste

METHOD:-

Wash Urid dal  once and soak it separately for 4 hours.

Wash Idly rice and horse gram, for 3 times, and soak it together for 4 hours.

Using a mixer jar, (i  used big jar, for batter grinding), first grind urid dal to a fine paste and transfer the contents to a vessel. 

Now, in the same jar, add idly rice and horse gram mixture and grind coarsely, (like fine sooji or rava).

Transfer the contents to the urid dal batter, add salt and mix well using hands. Mixing the batter using hands, helps the batter to ferment properly.

Once the batter is fermented, the horse gram idly batter is ready to make Horse gram Idlies...

Suitable side dish :- Onion -tomato chutney, coconut chutney