- Serves
- 4
- Portion
- 3 idlis
- Time
- Rest 15 min · 15 min
- Texture
- Soft
- Season
- All year
- Dosha
- Vata
- Pitta
- Kapha
Light
Ingredients
What you need
| Done | Ingredient | Household measure | Quantity (4 servings) | Café batch ×5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oats, rolled / steel-cut | 1 cup, powdered | 80 g | 400 g | |
| Semolina (suji/rava) | ½ cup | 80 g | 400 g | |
| Curd (dahi), plain | ¾ cup + 1 tbsp | 200 g | 1000 g | |
| Water | ¼ cup | 60 ml | 300 ml | |
| Carrot | grated | 40 g | 200 g | |
| Ghee (cow) | 1 tsp tempering | 5 g | 25 g | |
| Mustard seeds | ¼ tsp | 1 g | 5 g | |
| Curry leaves | 6 | 1 g | 5 g | |
| Rock salt (sendha namak) | ½ tsp | 3 g | 15 g | |
| Fruit salt (Eno) / leavening | 1 tsp | 4 g | 20 g |
Method
How to cook it
Step 1: Roast oats powder and suji separately 3 minutes each.
Step 2: Temper ghee, mustard, curry leaves; add to flours with curd, water, carrot and salt; rest 15 minutes.
Step 3: Add fruit salt just before steaming; fill moulds.
Step 4: Steam 12 minutes; rest 5 minutes.
Nutrition
Per serving, estimated
195kcal
Energy
6.8g
Protein
4.5g
Fat
31.2g
Carbohydrate
3.2g
Fibre
0.8g
Salt
Where the energy comes from
Protein and carbohydrate × 4 kcal/g, fat × 9 kcal/g
Estimated from IFCT 2017 / USDA composition tables; not for clinical use.
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