Thinai Idiyappam Recipe with step by step pictures. This is a very popular and simple breakfast dish across South India and it is best served with kurma or stew of choice.
Thinai Idiyappam
Idiyappam is one of my family favourite. Hubby loves it for breakfast, when i make chicken curry or mutton dish. I dont know how much idiyappam he devours..Since he loves idiyappam, i try to make it healthy by adding ragi, wheat in them. This is one variation which i made couple days back by adding thinai flour in it and it was yum...
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Ingredients for Thinai Idiyappam
- Foxtail millet flour / Thinai Mavu - 1 cup
- Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu - ⅓ cup
- Salt - to taste
- Oil - 1 tsp
- Boiling Water as needed
Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
How to Make Thinai Idiyappam
- Take foxtail millet flour in a kadai and roast for 2 to 3 mins till nice aroma comes it.
- Take it off the heat and add in salt and rice flour. mix well.
- Pour in boiling water and mix well till it forms a little sticky dough.
- Add in oil and mix well as well.
- Now fill idiyappam press with this and press to form idiyappam over steaming plate.
- Steam it for 7 to 8 mins.
- Now remove it and invert it to a plate.
- Serve with chutney, sambar, kurma or sugar and coconut.
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Thinai Idiyappam Recipe
Thinai Idiyappam Recipe with step by step pictures. This is a very popular and simple breakfast dish across South India and it is best served with kurma or stew of choice.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Foxtail millet flour / Thinai Mavu
- ⅓ cup Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu
- Salt - to taste
- 1 teaspoon Oil
- Boiling Water as needed
Instructions
- Take foxtail millet flour in a kadai and roast for 2 to 3 mins till nice aroma comes it.
- Take it off the heat and add in salt and rice flour. mix well.
- Pour in boiling water and mix well till it forms a little sticky dough.
- Add in oil and mix well as well.
- Now fill idiyappam press with this and press to form idiyappam over steaming plate.
- Steam it for 7 to 8 mins.
- Now remove it and invert it to a plate.
- Serve with chutney, sambar, kurma or sugar and coconut.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 115kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 2gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 0.3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.01gPotassium: 20mgFiber: 1gSugar: 0.03gCalcium: 3mgIron: 0.1mg
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Thinai Idiyappam Recipe Step by Step
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| Start by roasting thinai mavu.. I used store bought foxtail millet flour |
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| roast for a couple of minutes |
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| add in riceflour |
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| add salt |
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| mix well |
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| boil some water |
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| pour it in |
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| mix well |
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| add a teaspoon of oil |
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| mix well..the dough has to be little sticky |
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| now take your press |
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| fill it with the dough |
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| close it up |
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| press to make idiyappam |
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| like this |
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| place it over a steamer |
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| Serve |
































Prema Sridharan
Excellent innovative recipe, thanks for sharing!
amina
Aarthi ua blog is soo awesm my friend suggested ua blog nd now i become a great fan if ua blog
Kirthi
I live in nagercoil akka, please tell me where to buy thinai maavu.. Please don't say i used my hamilton
Aarthi
You can get from lynns super market.