Vegetable Masala Idli for All Ages

My 10 years old daughter is an absolute Idli-fan. At least 3-4 times a week she'll ask me to make idlis. So this time I thought, why not make it a little healthier? So I tried to add some vegetables and it absolutely came out very tasty and yummy. She loved it and she said, "mom, from now on you have to make idli this way only". So my experiment was a great success.


Ingredients :

Idli Batter
Carrot : 1/2 cup
Capsicum : 1/2 cup (all colours)
Green beans : 1/4 cup
Onion : 1(small)
Ginger : 1/2 inch
Green chillies : 1 or 2
Coriander leaves : 1/2 cup(chopped)
Mustard seeds : 1 tsp.
Curry Leaves : 5-6 nos.
Urad dal : 1/2 tsp.
Salt to taste

Method :

• Cut all vegetables in very small pieces. Blanch ginger and green chillies. If your child can't tolerate green chillies, avoid it.
• In a pan, heat oil. Temper with curry leaves,mustard seeds and urad dal, when seeds start to crackle, pour it in the idli batter. In the same pan, add ginger and green chillies and all the vegetables, fry for 2-3 minutes with a pinch of salt and add them too in the batter.
• Lastly add coriander leaves and onions and mix the batter with a spoon vigorously for a minute or two.
• Your idli batter is ready. Mow grease your idli stand, pour the batter on each mould and steam in the idli cooker.
• Serve them with hot sambar.

I am sending this post to Alka of Sindhi Rasoi who is hosting an fun event "Just for You" and this cute little masala idlis are just for my cute little princess.