Cornmeal Idli With Coconut Idli

 Cornmeal Idli With Coconut Idli   ( Makkai Aata Ki Idli )

Maize flour is full of fibre, calcium and many other minerals and vitamins which provide warmness to body. During rainy / winter we often make roti, parantha with maize flour but idli made with it also comes out yummy !!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients

•Maize flour - 1 cup
•Curd - 1 cup (whisked)
•Oil - 2 tbsp
•Green coriander - 2-3 tbsp
•Curry leaves - 10-12
•Rai - ½ tsp
•Chana dal - 1 tsp
•Urad dal - 1 tsp
•Green chilly - 1-2 (finely chopped)
•Ginger - ½ - 1 inch baton (grated)
•Salt - 1 tsp (as per taste)
•Eno fruit salt - ¾ tsp

Method

Take 2 tbsp oil in pan and place it on flame for heating.
Add rai in oil and sauté for while. When rai crackles add
chana dal and urad dal and roast until they turn little brown
 in color. Now add green chilly, ginger and curry leaves and
sauté for few minutes. Also add maize flour. Stir constantly
 and roast for 2-3 minutes.

Take out the roasted flour in bowl. Add curd, salt and mix well.
 Also add green coriander and mix well. The batter should
have same consistency like that of dal chawal batter used
for making idli. Add ½ cup water in batter. If batter appears
 to be thick add 1-2 tbsp more water. Keep it aside for 10 minutes. 

Add 2-3 cup water in pressure cooker and place it on flame for heating.
Grease the idli stand moulds with some oil. Batter has become puffy.
After doing all preparations add eno salt in the batter and mix with
help of a spoon. Pour little amount of batter in every mould of stand.

After water starts boiling, place idli stand in the cooker and close
with help of lid (without whistle). Cook for 12-14 minutes.
Keep the flame to a point so that there is constant boiling of water.
After 14 minutes open the lid of cooker and insert knife in idli for checking it.
Batter is not sticking to knife, idli is now ready.

Take out idli stand from cooker and separate out the moulds.
After idli gets cooled, with help of knife take out the idli’s and
place them on plate. Piping hot and lip smacking spongy maize
flour idli is ready. Serve maize flour idli with peanut chutney,
coconut chutney or green coriander chutney and enjoy eating.

 

 

Suggestion:

•Add eno salt after doing all preparations.
•You can also use consumable soda instead of eno fruit salt.
•You can also use any vegetables of your choice; chop them
  and make vegetable maize flour idli.