kollu idli recipe /horse gram idli dosa/kulith idli

Despite the fact that horse gram being a powerful lentil it was ignored for a long time as it was considered as a trademark horse-feed. Even now some under-estimate this powerful lentil horse gram. But it’s not like that it was cooked by our ancestors and some traditional recipes are still existing here and there in each region in some form.We in our family have such authentic recipe using this kollu which is still in my routine cooking. They are Kollu paruppu made with sprouted horse gram

which will be great for rice with a good dollop of ghee. Using the water from the cooked kollu we make rasam which will be very simple to make but will be very tasty. Here for this kollu idli recipe I have tried it for the first time and it was very good and spongy like normal idli’s. I have added aval so that the idli will be soft and fluffy. The very same batter if you dilute it with some water you can make nice dosas it will also be very good. Do try this kollu idli recipe for sure and you will definitely like it.

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kollu idli recipe /horse gram idli dosa/kulith idli

INGREDIENTS:

Idli rice – 1 cup
Horse gram /kollu – 1/2 cup
Urad dal(whole)/ulundhu – 1/4 cup
Red aval – 1/4 cup
Rock salt to make the batter

METHOD:

1.First wash and soak above given ingredients leaving the aval.

2.Let it soak for 6 hours then 10 minutes before grinding soak the aval.
3.Grind it to a smooth batter with aval.

4.Take out when smooth add necessary rock salt and mix well add water and adjust to bring it to idli batter consistency.

5.Let it ferment for 8 hours and in the morning mix the batter with a laddle.

6.Pour idli’s in the idli pan steam for 10 minutes till its cooked.
7.Transfer to a hot pack and have hot idli’s with spicy chutney or sambar.

kollu idli recipe /horse gram idli dosa/kulith idli

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Total Time 16 hours hrs 10 minutes mins

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• li rice - 1 cup
• Horse gram /kollu - 1/2 cup
• Urad dal whole/ulundhu - 1/4 cup
• Red aval - 1/4 cup
• Rock salt to make the batter

Instructions

 

• First wash and soak above given ingredients leaving the aval.
• Let it soak for 6 hours then 10 minutes before grinding soak the aval.
• Grind it to a smooth batter with aval.
• Take out when smooth add necessary rock salt and mix well add water and adjust to bring it to idli batter consistency.
• Let it ferment for 8 hours and in the morning mix the batter with a laddle.
• Pour idli’s in the idli pan steam for 10 minutes till its cooked.
• Transfer to a hot pack and have hot idli’s with spicy chutney or sambar.
  

Notes

The batter should not be too thick the idli’s will be hard, so fluff up the batter with some water if thick without deflating the batter.
Spicy podi,chutney or even a spicy sambar will be good for this horse gram idli.
You can dilute little more and make dosa’s with the same batter.