Instant Palak Idli Recipe | Instant Spinach Idli recipe
Instant Palak Idli Recipe is a quick, healthy, and flavorful dish made with spinach, requiring no fermentation, perfect for busy mornings.
Ingredients
1 cup = 250 grams
- 2 cups semolina/rava
- 1.5 cup spinach
- 1 cup curd
- Small piece of ginger
- 2 green chilies
- Salt to taste
- 1 cup water
- 1 tbsp oil + extra for greasing
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1 tsp chana dal
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 8-10 curry leaves
- 2 tbsp cashews (broken)
- 1 tsp baking soda
Instructions
- Add spinach (washed), curd, ginger and green chilies in a grinder jar.
- Grind to a fine puree.
- Take semolina in a bowl.
- Add the spinach puree, salt and water. Mix well.
- In a small tempering pan, add oil.
- When oil turns hot, add mustard seeds, urad dal and chana dal. Let them turn brown.
- Add cashews and brown them.
- Add curry leaves and let them turn crisp.
- Immediately transfer to the batter.
- Give it a good mix and rest for 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes, check for the consistency. If the batter is too thick, add little water. We needed to add 2 tbsp of water.
- Just before steaming, add baking soda and mix vigorously.
- Pour the batter in greased idli moulds, filling them about 3/4 full.
- Steam for 15 minutes.
- Take the moulds out from the steamer after 15 minutes and let them cool a bit, hardly 2-3 minutes.
- Remove the idlis from moulds using back side of the spoon or knife.
- Enjoy with sambar and coconut chutney or with only chutney.