Quinoa Idli Recipe – How to Make Quinoa Idly – Indian Quinoa Recipes

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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 – 1/2 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:

soak your ingredients

soak urad dal separately

soak rice and quinoa separately

take urad dal in a blender

puree till smooth and fluffy

pour it in a bowl

set aside

take rice and quinoa in a blender

puree till smooth

pour it over the dal

mix well

add salt

mix well

leave to ferment for 8 hours

look how fluffy it is

mix well

take a ladleful of batter

spoon into the idli moulds

steam till done

enjoy hot with chutney or sambar