There is a saying always “A GOOD BREAKFAST IS A START OF A GOOD DAY” The first meal of the day especially when taken in the morning makes your day perfect. Select healthy food like idly to make the day even more faultless and peppy. Now think about making this healthy food even peppier with heart-shaped idly plates to make heart idly. When food looks attractive and yummy it will make your kids want to eat. All you need is a good idly steamer and heart-shaped idly plates to cook heart idlys.
Starter for Idly
“A white plain healthy cake made by steaming the batter consisting of fermented handpicked Indian black lentils and rice is known as idly”. It is served with colorful toppings like sambar and chutneys which is an exclusive Indian preparation. Idly is not only Indian food, it has so many customers worldwide because it combines proteins, calories in it. Idly is said to be diet food and an elementary food for baby’s, elders, and diabetic persistent.
Diet calculator
If you are very keen on calculating the food content before eating it, then this information is for you, one idly gives you 33 percent calories in which carbohydrates comprise 29 percent calories and protein includes 4 calories, and the remaining 1 percent is fat.
How to prepare the ildy batter
To get a smooth, soft, and fluffy idly we can follow the preparation method. The chief ingredients required for making the batter are rice and urad dal.
1. Soak the rice, urad dal, and half a spoon of methi seeds together for 4 hours
2. Then grind the urad dal first into a smooth paste and then grind the rice with 85% grinding output.
3. Mix the urad dal and rice batter
4. Now ferment the batter for about 8 to 9 hrs.
5. Now it is ready to cook.
6. There is so many idly steamer and plates available in the market, go ahead and grab one to make delicious and hot idly.
Heart Idly
Let us try some different and easy methods in serving piping-hot, Heart, and Healthy Idly to make your day very special and natural, expressing your love for family at breakfast. We would have seen the circle idly on common, but we can make heart-shaped idly by using the heart-shape idly plates available in the market. With this, you can make your heart shape idly by adding your toppings and celebrate your valentine.
Making of heart shape idly
It is very easy and simple to make the heart shape idly at home.
1. First, buy the heart-shape idly plates and idly steamer of our choice.
2. Keep the idly batter ready in hand, apply few drops of oil all over the heart shape idly plates and now pour the idly batter and let it boil for 15 minutes.
3. Now the hot, heart, and healthy idly is ready for you.
4. You can decorate the heart idly as per your ideas like applying red jam on it to have a red heart idly, adding few food colors to have colorful idlys and even you can add spicy powders too have crunchy and tasty idlys.
Varieties of Idlys to make in Heart shape Idly plate
There are so many varieties of idly’s you can prepare to add few more extra ingredients along with the plain batter in the idly steamer and idly plates, you may find the types of idly below…
Podi Idly
The simplest and most common Idly variety that your kids will savor.
1. Firstly, dry roast red chilies, peanuts, urad dal, sesame seeds, cumin, grated coconut, and curry leaves.
2. Now let it cool for a few minutes.
3. Meanwhile, pour the batter into Aluminum heart-shape idly plates and let them steam cook.
4. Grind the dry roasted ingredients in a blender.
5. Now take an Aluminum Kadai add oil add a pinch of hinge and mustard. Let the mustard splutter. Now, turn off the stove.
6. Now add the heart idles and add some podi. Now gently toss them in the Kadai until they become crisp and cooked. Add more oil or ghee if needed.
7. Now podi ildy is ready to serve.
Rava Idly
Rava idly is nothing but steam cakes made of Rava or semolina which tastes delicious with coconut chutney or tomato chutney.
1. In an Aluminum, Kadai adds 2tsp ghee fry cashew nuts and fry until it turns golden.
2. In the same Kadai temper ½ tsp mustard, ½ tsp cumin, chopped green chilies as per your taste. 3/4tsp grated ginger. Saute for a few seconds.
3. Now, add 1 cup Rava on low flame until it is aromatic.
4. Let the Rava cool completely. Now add chopped coriander leaves, and salt as required. Pour ¾ cup curd avoid using sour curd and mix well.
5. Pour half a cup of water and let it rest for 30mins.
6. Now add few drops of oil to the Aluminum heart shape idly plates and keep them aside.
7. Now add the required amount of water to bring the rava to batter consistency. The requirement of water may vary depending on the kind of rava used.
8. Now pour the batter into the heart shape idly plates and place it in the idly steamer with water. Let t steam cook for 10 minutes on high flame.
9. Now the Rava idly is ready to be served.
Jaggery Idly
Who doesn’t like sweets? This recipe is very simple that you can make it often for your kids and family. They will love it as it is filled with the flavor of moong dal and cardamom.
1. Take an aluminum Kadai and dry roast ½ cup moong dal and grated coconut until they turn golden with a good aroma.
2. Let the dry roast ingredient cool for some time.
3. Now make thick jaggery syrup by grating jaggery and boiling it in water.
4. Once the syrup turns thick add it little by little to the idly batter. Add according to how much sweetness you needed.
5. Now add few drops of oil to the Aluminum heart-shape idly plates and keep them aside.
6. Mix the dry roast ingredient also with the batter. Now, pour the batter into the idly plates.
7. Let it steam cook in an aluminum idly pot/ steamer. Once it is cooked the sweet jaggery idly is ready to serve.
Concluding that the taste and feel of having a healthy breakfast are very important with our lovable ones with a different style of cooking and serving every day makes a good feel and the credits go to you always.