Thank you dear readers for participating in the Masala Dabba giveaway. Based on the response it appears that many people are impressed with the ying yang version of the Masala Dabba designed and created by GitaDini. As promised I did a lucky draw with help from random.org and my 7 year old. Without much ado the lucky winner is “Triveni Limye”. I have sent her an email and she has gladly responded back. Congratulations Triveni, hope you enjoy the sleek masala box which you will receive shortly. And now off to today’s recipe of making Idli using Kulith/ Horse gram.…
- Breakfast/ Brunch /Tiffin Varieties
- Easy Vegetarian Recipes
- Idli Varieties
- Light Vegetarian Lunches
- Low Fat Recipes
Instant Oats Idli
Over the past 5 years that I have been blogging, I have learnt and tried many recipes from various bloggers. Be it a new dish, different cuisine, adaption of an existing recipe, healthy tweak to traditional favorites the list is endless. It is amazing how many ideas are out there just waiting to be grabbed. And it also inspires me to come up with new ideas and to try something on my own. I love the ‘healthy tweak to the traditional favorites’ the best. You take a proven traditional dish, like Idlis and Dosas enhance it with health quotient and…
- Breakfast/ Brunch /Tiffin Varieties
- Easy Vegetarian Recipes
- Idli Varieties
- Karnataka Recipes
- Low Fat Recipes
- Vegan Recipes
Rava Idli and Potato Saagu/ Bombay Saagu
Rava Idli or Rave Idli is a variation of Idli, made with Rava/ Sooji/semolina instead of the usual rice and Urad Daal. It is a specialty of the state of Karnataka and is usually served as a breakfast item. It has been said that the popular restaurant chain, Mavalli Tiffin Room (MTR) of Bangalore invented it. Legend has it that during World War II, when rice (a key ingredient in Idli) was in short supply, they experimented with semolina as a substitute and gave us the now-famous Rava Idli. Rava-Idli translates to semolina-idli in the Kannada language. Rava idli…