Receta Jonna Rawa Idli (Jowar Idli) with Coconut-Almond Chutney
Blogging Marathon# 53: Week 3/ Day 1
Theme: 3 Ingredient Recipes
Dish: Jonna Rawa Idli with Coconut-Almond Chutney
My theme for this week is quite interesting, it is '3-Ingredient Recipes'. Valli sure knows how to get our brain cells to working. We had done 5-Ingredient recipes in one of the previous BMs, but this 3 ingredient theme sure took some thinking and some googling to finalize the 3 dishes.
Today's 3 ingredient recipe is a South Indian staple breakfast but made with a healthier and nutritious ingredient swap. Idli rawa is replaced with a whole grain jonna/ jowar rawa.
I saw the recipe on a Telugu cooking show and tried it when my husband was travelling. I was skeptical and wasn't sure how the idlis would turn out - I was half expecting them to be hard as rocks. They turned out soft, may be not as pillowy as the traditional idlis, but still soft & fluffy.
I made them again for my husband, who has been asking me to make idlis for a very long time. He liked them too. These idlis are very filling, you can eat probably 3~4 of these in place of 6~8 of the regular idlis.
Ingredients: Makes about 8~10 regular size idlis
Jonna Rawa (Jowar/ Sorghum rawa) - 1~1½cups
Urad dal - ½cup
Salt - to taste
Method:
Soak jonna rawa in just enough water for 6~8 hours. Soak urad dal for 6~8 hours too.
Grind the urad dal into a smooth batter using just enough water. Transfer to a mixing bowl. Drain jonna rawa/ jowar and add to urad dal. If the rawa seems too coarse, then grind it in the mixer for a few seconds, then mix with urad dal.
Cover the bowl and set aside in a warm place to ferment for at least 8~10 hours. Mixture will get frothy when ready.
Add salt to the mixture and mix well.
Lightly grease the idli molds and distribute the batter evenly in the idli molds, steam for 15 ~16 minutes. Serve hot with chutney of choice.
- I served them with a 3-ingredient coconut-almond chutney. So this is a post with a 2 3-ingredient recipes :-)
- 3-Ingredient Almond-Coconut Chutney:
- Ingredients:
- Grated Coconut (fresh or frozen) - ½cup
- Almonds - 3tbsp
- Green Chilies - 1~2 (adjust per taste)
- Salt - to taste
Method:
Soak almonds overnight. Drain and grind along with the other ingredients into a smooth paste.