Everyone has a holiday on Republic Day and this is the opportunity to prepare and eat something fun. You must have eaten idli, but have you ever seen tricolor idli? Yes, three colored idli, which is healthy to eat and looks very attractive. It is very easy to make it at home. Today in this article we are going to tell you the method of making three colored idlis. You can make children happy on this Republic Day by making tricolor idli.
Give color to Idli without artificial colors
Often artificial colors are mixed in colored idlis bought from the market or in other things. But if we say that you can give orange and green color to your idli naturally made at home! Let us know how.
These things are needed
Idli Rice- 175 grams
Urad dal- 75 grams
Salt- 25 grams
Carrot- 25 grams
Spinach- 25 grams
Make tricolor idli like this
- First of all, soak rice and pulses in water for 2 hours and then grind them coarsely in a mixer and keep the batter for fermentation.
- Now after this, prepare a paste by grinding carrots and spinach to give color to the idli.
- Now divide the idli batter into three parts and keep them in separate bowls.
- Leaving one bowl of idli, mix carrot paste in one bowl and spinach paste in the other.
- Now put them in the idli maker and keep them to steam for 20 minutes.
- When idli is ready, serve it with coconut chutney and homemade sambar and eat.
Other important things
Whenever you make idli, do not forget to keep the batter for proper fermentation.
- The ingredients mentioned above are for serving 4 people, if you want, you can increase the ingredients as per requirement.
- If you want to make more colored idlis, you can make a paste of the remaining vegetables and mix them in the batter. Like beetroot paste for pink idli.
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