SOURCE: WIKI
Quinoa in Spanish, from Quechua kinwa or kinuwa. is a species of the goosefoot genus, a grain crop grown primarily for its edibleseeds. It is a pseudocereal, similar in some respects to buckwheat, rather than a true cereal, as it is not a member of the true grass family.
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I have been using this nutritious grain for a few months now and i love it to the core. I used that to make idli and to my surprise the idlies turned out to be soft and fluffy.
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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.
Preparation Time : 20 mins
Soaking Time : 4 to 6 hours
Fermenting Time : 8 hours
Serves: 4 to 5
Ingredients:
Idli Rice - 1 cup
Whole Urad Dal - ½ cup
Quinoa - 1 cup
Salt to taste
Method:
Soak rice and quinoa together. Soak urad dal separately for 4 to 6 hours.
Now drain them. Take urad dal in a blender and add little water at a time and puree till smooth and fluffy.
Pour that in a bowl.
Take rice and quinoa in the same blender and puree till smooth. Now pour it in the same bowl. Add salt and mix well.
Cover and leave to ferment for 6 to 8 hours or overnight.
Now mix well.
Take a idli plate, grease lightly with oil and pour ladleful of batter in it and steam cook for 6 to 9 mins.
Remove it and carefully remove the idlies using a spoon.
Serve with chutney.
Pictorial:
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| soak your ingredients |
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| soak urad dal separately |
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| soak rice and quinoa separately |
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| take urad dal in a blender |
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| puree till smooth and fluffy |
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| pour it in a bowl |
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| set aside |
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| take rice and quinoa in a blender |
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| puree till smooth |
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| pour it over the dal |
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| mix well |
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| add salt |
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| mix well |
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| leave to ferment for 8 hours |
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| look how fluffy it is |
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| mix well |
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| take a ladleful of batter |
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| spoon into the idli moulds |
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| steam till done |
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| enjoy hot with chutney or sambar |
Anonymous
why do you soak rice and urad dhal seperately? vimala
dumbo
These look delicious! And good healthy combination of ingredients! Can't wait to try tomorrow:) thanks for the recipe and instructions.