Moong dal Idli with vegetables !

 Ingredients

 whole moong dal as needed , wash and soak for 2-3 hours 

you may grind it with green chilies and ginger as per taste or you can chop and add with carrots and beans, peas as you wish

salt as per taste

Grind the dal, let it ferment well.

then add salt, veges mix well.

Keep an idli steamer or pressure cooker with water to boil, grease the idli plates lightly, pour the batter, you may add a cashew on top if desired, steam for roughly 15-20 minutes, after the steam comes, keep it on medium flame, check and remove.

You may serve with chutney of your choice  Or

make a chutney with star fruit 

In a pan heat 2 tbsp oil, add jeera, garlic chopped fine 1 tbsp

ginger 1 tbsp chopped fine or ginger-garlic paste 2 tbsp

onion chopped 1 medium, tomatoes puree 1 cup

star fruits 1, reserve 2-3 pieces for garnishing.

after frying ginger-garlic well, add onion and wee bit salt for onion to fry well

once onion is light brown add tomato puree, add wee bit turmeric pdr, mix well

add red chili pdr to taste or green chilies finely chopped

once tomato is also cooked, add finely chopped star fruit, salt to taste and sugar 1 tsp, mix well

let it all cook for 2 minutes, if you want slight gravy, then add little water and serve this unique chutney with a protein and fiber rich idli. This will make a complete meal along with a small bowl of curd.

 

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