Recipe: Yummy Beetroot mint tricolour Idli

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Beetroot mint tricolour Idli. Healthy and easy beetroot idlies which looks so colourful. This is a great recipe to put in your kids lunch box. Adding cooking soda to every portion of mixture to be steamed helps the idlis to raise it properly and make it soft.

This juice can be strained if desired.

I just add grated beetroot, finely chopped onion and cilantro to the idli/dosa batter and make dosas.

Instead of cilantro you can add chopped curry leaves or mint.

You can have Beetroot mint tricolour Idli using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Beetroot mint tricolour Idli

  1. It’s 500 gms of sooji.

  2. You need 250 gms of khatta dahi.

  3. You need 1.5 packet of eno.

  4. You need 1 of lemon juice.

  5. It’s 1/2 cup of beetroot puree.

  6. You need 1 cup of mint.

  7. Prepare Handful of dhaniya.

  8. You need 1/2 of curry leaf paste.

  9. You need 1 tsp of salt.

  10. It’s 7-8 of Chopped kaju.

All these herbs gives nice flavor and taste.

Carrot gives a orange colour to the idlis.

Mix it with the third portion of the batter to make the green color of the tiranga idli/dosa.

Similarly, the way we love and cherish the diverse cuisines of this land, brings us all together.

Beetroot mint tricolour Idli instructions

  1. First take sooji in a bowl. Add dahi and water in it to make a smooth batter, add salt, kaju, eno and lemon juice..

  2. Divide batter in three parts in three bowls in one bowl add beetroot puree, second bowl mint puree and third one remains as it is..

  3. Put an idli cooker at low to medium flame. Grease idli stand with oil. First pour 1 spoon beetroot batter, then plain white, then mint batter..

  4. Then put it in an idli cooker. Steam for 10 -15 mins. Take out them and serve with chutney and tea..

These tri-coloured idlis are all naturally coloured and flavoured.

While it was very tempting to use artificial food colours to bring out much… Mint Idli(புதினா இட்லி)by Mushh Kitchen.

Take the required portion of the idli batter and divide it into three equal parts.

Keep one part as such for the white color of the tiranga idli/dosa.

For Orange Colour Made quick and filling tricolor sandwiches for breakfast.