Idli, the quintessential South Indian Breakfast.
Idli is a traditional, healthy and nutritious breakfast snack of South India, which has stood the test of time due to its good satiety value and simplicity of preparation. There are references regarding Idlis in literature as old as belonging to 700 CE. Idli is a soft, white, savory cake, which is disk shaped with a thick center and thinner periphery. It is prepared by steam boiling the semisolid batter made by grinding the soaked rice and de husked black lentils, after fermentation overnight. Now a days, in most of the households, the traditional Idli making container is replaced by a normal pressure cooker with slight modification; that is, by not using the weight valve. There is a tree of stainless steel plates with perforated indentations or molds, in which the fermented batter is poured. The tree holds the plates above the level of boiling water in the pressure cooker. The Idlis need about ten minutes to cook well. They are always served with a dip, which is normally either coconut chutney or vegetable curry. They have a special characteristic flavor and every South Indian would vouch for its importance in his or her childhood memories. The advantage of this recipe is manifold. Idli is absolutely oil free, and is a good source of proteins and carbohydrates, which are provided by lentils and rice respectively. It really makes life easier for women to decide on idli as a breakfast menu because half of the procedure is done on previous day. Keeping the Idlis to cook, you can prepare chutney or curry in the meantime. With a medium size utensil, you can prepare a breakfast for a nuclear family with in a very short time. To make authentic Idlis may seem difficult for the people who learn about this food for the first time, but it is actually very simple. So, Idli, the quintessential breakfast snack of southern India , is a non spicy, wholesome, oil free snack with very high satiety value which can be prepared at home easily and I recommend it as the ethnic food of my choice that each of you must try at least once.
Idli is a traditional, healthy and nutritious breakfast snack of South India, which has stood the test of time due to its good satiety value and simplicity of preparation. There are references regarding Idlis in literature as old as belonging to 700 CE. Idli is a soft, white, savory cake, which is disk shaped with a thick center and thinner periphery. It is prepared by steam boiling the semisolid batter made by grinding the soaked rice and de husked black lentils, after fermentation overnight. Now a days, in most of the households, the traditional Idli making container is replaced by a normal pressure cooker with slight modification; that is, by not using the weight valve. There is a tree of stainless steel plates with perforated indentations or molds, in which the fermented batter is poured. The tree holds the plates above the level of boiling water in the pressure cooker. The Idlis need about ten minutes to cook well. They are always served with a dip, which is normally either coconut chutney or vegetable curry. They have a special characteristic flavor and every South Indian would vouch for its importance in his or her childhood memories. The advantage of this recipe is manifold. Idli is absolutely oil free, and is a good source of proteins and carbohydrates, which are provided by lentils and rice respectively. It really makes life easier for women to decide on idli as a breakfast menu because half of the procedure is done on previous day. Keeping the Idlis to cook, you can prepare chutney or curry in the meantime. With a medium size utensil, you can prepare a breakfast for a nuclear family with in a very short time. To make authentic Idlis may seem difficult for the people who learn about this food for the first time, but it is actually very simple. So, Idli, the quintessential breakfast snack of southern India , is a non spicy, wholesome, oil free snack with very high satiety value which can be prepared at home easily and I recommend it as the ethnic food of my choice that each of you must try at least once.
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