Executive chef Ajay Kumar shares his special tricolour recipe. You can share yours too! Scroll down to find out how.
Tricolour idli
- 175 gm idli rice
- 75 gm urad dal
- 10 gm salt
- 25 gm carrot puree
- 25 gm boiled spinach puree
Method:
- Soak rice and dal for two hours and then grind until smooth. Remove from the grinder, add salt and mix well
- Ferment for 12 hours at room temperature. Divide the batter into three parts.
- Mix carrot and spinach puree in two parts separately to make red and green coloured idlis.
- Place the red batter in a round mould followed by the white batter and then green batter.
- Steam in oven for 20 mins or till it is done. Serve with tomato, coconut and green coriander chutney.
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Ajay Kumar is the executive chef at Jaypee Vasant Continental, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi. He can be contacted on ga@rediff-inc.com.