Beetroot idlies

Are you tired of seeing and having the same old white idlies? Here come colourful new beet idlies! You get the natural colouring from the beet juice, which is high in antioxidants and is a good source of iron as well. So serve this to your guests and let them 'sink in the pink'. Lets see how to make these pink rice cakes:

Preparation time-20 minutes

Serves 4


Ingredients:

1.Idly batter-2 cups

2.Beetroot-1/2

3.water-3 to4 tbsp

 

Preparation:

Split the batter into two portions.Peal and rough chop the beetroots

Add to the mixie jar and blend well.If required you may add water, but not more than 3 to 4 tbsps.

Strain the blended mixture well to get the beetroot juice

now add the beet juice to one portion of the batter and mix well. Then add required amount of water to the other portion of batter to get it to the same consistency as the beet batter.

Keep the idly steamer on the stove, when it starts to steam, open the lid and reduce the flame to low, and start adding the batter one spoon at a time alternating both the batters, remember to pour the batter in the centre each time. 

Repeat the process until the whole idly space is filled.

Now take a toothpick and from the centre, draw the lines towards the end of the idly on all the sides so as to form a flower shape. Each time you draw a line, ensure you clean the toothpick with a cloth so that the colours don;t mix.

Once all the idly spaces are done, cover and steam for 5 minutes. 

Then switch off the stove and transfer the idlies to a plate. Make sure that you don't tear the idlies when you remove the cloth(they are very soft and spongy).

Your beetroot-flower shaped idlies are ready  to be served hot with any side dish of your choice

 


 


Notes:

you can either use idly pot with cloth or you can use the other idly plate without holes wherein you can grease it with oil.

If you are using cloth for the idly plate, you need to wash them after each batch.

With the excess beetroot batter you can make beet dosas, they turn out very well:)

 

Also the darker the colour of the beetroot when you get it, the darker will be your batter.



 





 

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