Poha idli | Aval idli-How to make-Step by step photos with short video

Cuisine Style: South India | Cooking Time: 10 to 15 minutes | To Serve: 2 | Take with: Chutney | Type: Breakfast or Dinner

Ingredients

• Rava[Semolina] - 1 cup
• Poha - ½ cup
• Curd -1 cup
• Water as needed
• Green chilli - 1 [chopped]
• Curry leaves - 1 spring
• Ginger - 1 tbsp [grated]
• Coriander Leaves - ½ cup [chopped]
• Mustard seeds - 1 tbsp
• Bengal gram - 1 tbsp
• Urad dal - 1 tbsp
• Asafetida - a pinch
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Salt to taste

Preparation

• Wash poha for 2 times
• Roast rava for 3 min
• In a bowl add roasted rava, poha, curd, salt and water, mix well and soak it for 1 hour.
• Heat oil in a pan then add mustard seeds once it’s crackled add Bengal gram, urad dal, asafetida green chilli, ginger, and curry leaves fry
• Cut off heat then add chopped coriander leaves.
• Put these seasoned ingredients in poha batter mixture
• Heat idli cooker with water & let it boil.
• Then grease idly plates with oil and pour poha batter.
• Place it in boiling water, cover lid and steam it for 15 min.
• Then Serve hot with Coconut chutney or Traditional Sambar.

Note

• Don’t add too much water.
  

Tip

• Add turmeric while seasoning for color and flavour
• you can add spinach, tomato, carrot or beetroot
• You can make sweet poha idli using jaggery, coconut and cardamom.
• Using this batter, you can make uthappam/pancake, appam[paniyaram], bonda/balls or vada [You can adjust the water consistency for vada and bonda]
• You can make poha cake using this steaming method

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How to make Poha idli | Aval idli - Step by step Pictures & procedure [Simple & Easy]

Take 1 cup rava and half cup poha, wash poha for 2 times

In a bowl add rava and poha

Add salt

Add curd and water

Mix well & soak it for 30 min to 1 hour

After 1 hour, batter is thick

Add water to adjust the consistency

For seasoning:- add mustard, chana dal, urad dal, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves, asafoetida

Add seasoned ingredients

add coriander leaves mix well

Grease idli plates with sesame oil, pour batter

Cover lid and steam it for 10 min

After 10 min, remove lid,

Soft and spongy poha idli ready, serve hot with chutney or sambar

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