Idli is one of the most popular breakfast dish in Southern part of India. The recipe is generally made with rice and urad dal. This recipe is made using mutli-grain Idli flour. To celebrating the Independence Day, I have tried to make a Idlis in tri-color using fresh vegetables for colors. This recipe does not require soaking overnight like traditional Idli recipe as it uses instant multi-grain flour. Tricolor multi-grain idli, made with rava, amaranth, oats, quinoa and natural colors are from beetroot & carrot and spinach. Idli goes very well with tomato chutney, coconut chutney with or without coriander and sambhar.
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Methi Bhatura
Chole bhatura is very yummy Punjabi dish and very popular in northern as well as southern India. Bhatura is a puffed Indian bread, which is made with all purpose flour. This recipe uses a mix of wheat flour and all purpose flour and is flavored with fresh methi leaves and carom seeds. Adding sour yogurt gives a tangy taste to bhatura. Bhatura goes very well with chole or any Indian curry. Everybody loves Chole Bhatura.
Green Moong Daal Dosa (Pesarattu)
Green moong daal (Pesarattu) dosa is a popular breakfast dish of Andhra Pradesh. This recipe does not require overnight fermentation. Just soak the moong daal overnight, grind it and make a healthy dosa for breakfast. Adding Oats and Quinoa makes it more delicious and nutrient. Usually this dosa is served with rava upma and Allam Pachadi (ginger chutney). Goes well with tomato or coconut chutney and sambhar.
Amaranth (Ramdana) Oats Idli
Amaranth is also known as Rajgira or Ramdana grain. It’s a very tiny grain and has a sticky texture. Puffed Amaranth can also be used for breakfast cereal as well as chikki or ladoo. The grain called fasting grain, which is used during the fasting, is a low-fat grain and loaded with nutrition and dietary fiber. Amaranth oats idli is a very healthy breakfast dish. Adding zucchini, carrot and ginger makes it more delicious. The preparation is the same as normal idli and easy to make.
Quinoa & Oats Uttapam
Uttapam is a popular south Indian breakfast dish. Traditionally uttapam is made from rice and urad daal. This recipe is a derived version of the uttapam recipe however uses quinoa and oats. Instant quinoa & oats uttapam with pineapple salsa is a quite easy and healthy breakfast dish and tastes awesome. Pineapple salsa gives a unique taste to quinoa & oats uttapam.
Chuda Dahi
Chuda dahi is a traditional meal of Bihar. It’s eaten during festivals like Maker Sankranti (14th Jan) and also served in marriages in villages.Soaked poha is usually served with homemade curd and jaggrey but it is also served with spicy potato curry. It’s really very easy and requires no cooking and tastes yummy.
Sabudana Khichdi
Sabudana Khichdi is a Maharashtrian dish and mainly used during fasting. However this recipe is a variant from what is used during fasting. You may not want to use some ingredients from this which is not eaten during fasting. Please tweak in based on your tradition. It is also used as breakfast and also as snacks.
Stuffed Gobhi Paratha
Stuffed Gobhi Paratha is a delicious Indian bread prepared by stuffing spicy cauliflower mix in wheat flour dough and cooking it on a iron tava. The stuffed parathas are generally heavy and go well with breakfast, lunch and dinner. Serve it with curd or pickle and it tastes awesome.