No Rice Ragi Idly

What is this Ragi Idly is already famous why this recipe again? You may think. Normally yes everyone make's ragi Idly with some quantity of rice or rice flour, this is different there is no rice or rice flour added in this recipe instead I have added one of the not much known Barnyard millet which is always a best substitute for rice. You can cook this like Rice and eat it with sambar, rasam, curd it taste almost like rice only size is small. In Bangalore this barnyard millet is now available in Organic stores only. In Tamilnadu it is available in all bigger supermarkets

Now a days it is really sad to say that all this millet product even millet snacks are bought by people who have some disease like diabetics, BP, Cholesterol. Even shop people say mam this is good for diabetics and so and so, Is it bad bad for healthy people?  why at least once in awhile people can't feed their kids this kind of food? By look this almost looks like chocolate Idly. 

You may need 

Ragi -1 cup

Barnyard millet - 3/4 cup

Urid dal - 1/2 cup

Salt

to make this Ragi Idly

Soak Ragi and barnyard millet together and Urid dal separately for at least 2 hrs, 

Grind first Urid dal and when it is still little coarse add ragi barnyard with it and grind it with salt until it is a very smooth paste. Try not to add too much water.

Ferment it overnight like normal idly batter.

It is fermented well try not to mix it before making Idly mixing will release all air bubbles and your Idlies won't be that soft. Grease your idly pan and steam your Idlies.

Dip your Finger in water and make a hole in idly if it does not stick then your idly is cooked well this is my way of checking if idly is done all the way.

It is good with any kind of chutney and sambar.

Try this Idly once for sure it won't taste any different than normal Idly.

All the best for your healthy journey. For kids add some ghee before serving and also try it in small idly plates and attract kids to eat it.

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