Chocolate Idli with Coconut -palm jaggery filling

Name: Chocolate Idli with Coconut -palm jaggery filling
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup grated coconut; 1/4 cup palm-jaggery; 1/2 tsp cardamom powder; 1/4 cup sugar; 2 cup rice; 1/2 cup whole or split urad dal; 1/4 cup thick poha

Deepanjali Das @cook_12477078

Chocolate Idli with Coconut -palm jaggery filling

Deepanjali Das @cook_12477078

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Ingredients

1/2 cupgrated coconut
1/4 cuppalm-jaggery
1/2 tspcardamom powder
1/4 cupsugar
2 cuprice
1/2 cupwhole or split urad dal
1/4 cupthick poha

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Steps

1

Pick & rinse the rice,rinse the poha & add to the rice.Add water & mix well, cover & keep the rice & poha to soak for 4 to 5 hours.
2

In a separate bowl rinse the urad dal a couple of times.Soak the urad dal separately for 4,5hours.
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Making Idli batter- Grind the rice,urad dal till you get a smooth & fluffy batter.Add salt & mix well.
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Cover & let the batter ferment for 8 to 9 hours.
5

After the fermentation process is over,the idli batter will double in size & rise.
6

Steaming idlis- Grease the idli moulds with oil.Pour half a ladleful of the idli batter into each mould.
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Top it with the coconut,jaggery mix.
8

Mix little batter with chocolate powder.
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Cover half of the filling with plain idli batter & half with the chocolate idle batter.
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Steam the idlies in a steamer.Steam for 10-12 mints until the idlies are done.
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Serve the steaming hot idlies with coconut chutney.