Snowman Semolina(rava) idli and less spiced vegetable sambhar

Name: Snowman Semolina(rava) idli and less spiced vegetable sambhar
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: Ingredients for idli; For batter; 1 cup semolina (rava); 1/4 cup curds (dahi); to taste salt; 1 sachet Eno; Other ingredients:-; 1 tsp oil; 1/2 tsp mustard seeds (rai / sarson); 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp urad dal (split black lentils); 1 tbsp cashewnuts (kaju), broken into pieces; 4-6 curry leaves (kadi patta); 1 tsp finely chopped green chillies; 1 pinch asafoetida (hing); For making snowman; 1 tomato; 2 cloves; 1 green chilli; Ingredients for sambhar; 1/2 cup split moong dal; 1/2 cup toor dal; 1/2 cup peeled and chopped Bottle ground; 1 tablespoon seedless tamarind(imli) soaked in ⅓ cup water; 1 tomato; 1 onion; 4-5 curry leaves; 1/2 tbsp sambhar masala powder; 1 green chilli; 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

Sadhana @cook_2345

India

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Sadhana @cook_2345

India

#kids favorite
#Rainbow4

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Ingredients

Ingredients for idli
For batter
1 cupsemolina (rava)
1/4 cupcurds (dahi)
to tastesalt
1 sachetEno
Other ingredients:-
1 tspoil
1/2 tspmustard seeds (rai / sarson)
1/2 tspcumin seeds
1 tspurad dal (split black lentils)
1 tbspcashewnuts (kaju), broken into pieces
4-6curry leaves (kadi patta)
1 tspfinely chopped green chillies
1 pinchasafoetida (hing)
For making snowman
1tomato
2cloves
1green chilli
Ingredients for sambhar
1/2 cup split moong dal
1/2 cup toor dal
1/2 cuppeeled and chopped Bottle ground
1 tablespoonseedless tamarind(imli) soaked in ⅓ cup water
1tomato
1onion
4-5curry leaves
1/2 tbspsambhar masala powder
1green chilli
1 tbspginger garlic paste
1/2 tbspturmeric powder
1 pinchasafoetida(hing)
Salt to taste
1 cupwater to be added later or add as required

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Steps

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Steps for making sambhar:- soake both dal for half an hour in water.
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Cook dal in 2 to 2.5 cups water in the pressure cooker for 3 to 4 whistles on medium to high flame. the dal should become soft and mushy.
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Once the pressure settles down on it's own, remove the lid and take it out in a vessel.
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Now wash the pressure cooker with water and put it on the gas.Put oil in it, When the oil becomes hot, add a tbsp of urad dal and chopped green chillies and curry leaves.
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Once it turns red, add a pinch asafoetid and chopped onion and fry it until it turns red.After this add ginger garlic paste and saute with spoon.After this add the chopped tomatoes and saute.After this add the chopped bottle ground in it and saute.after this add masala,salt and saute it for 2 to 3 minutes.
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After that add 1cup water to it and close the pressure cooker lid and apply two whistles on high flame. Once the pressure settles down on it's own, remove the lid and put cooked dal and tamarind water in it and cook for 2 to 3 minutes on medium flame. Our less spiced shambhar is ready.Take it out in a vessel.
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Now for making idli:- Combine all ingredients together, except the Eno, with 1 cup of water in a deep bowl, mix well and cover and keep aside for 10 minutes.
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Heat the oil in a small non-stick pan, add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal, cashewnuts, curry leaves, green chilies and asafoetida and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute.
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Add this tempering to the prepared semolina batter and mix well.
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Just before steaming, add the Eno and mix gently.
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Pour 2 tbsp of the batter into each greased idli mould and steam in a steamer for 8 to 10 minutes.
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Cool slightly, demould and decorate idli like snowman with tomato and green chilli.
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serve immediately with sambhar .