MICROWAVE SEMOLINA IDLI

In this home, this is made regular, at least once or twice a week. I have stopped buying readymade idli mixes for long, find grinding dal & rice, then fermenting overnight tedious job.... I try instant idli with different grain & millet varieties. I really don't know how wise it is to use fruit salts in food, I am not particularly a health maniac.... neither this home. If we had started our day with MICROWAVE SEMOLINA IDLI in morning, we had our dinner around 10:45pm yesterday with "koraishutir kochuri." I do them pretty well, problem is by the time I click them, puffiness goes.... that irritates. I have changed pictures of blog post for third time, I would again change after one or two months until their shapes, puffs in pictures give me the ultimate happiness.

Do visit my blog to see how puffiness was lost final picture, that leaves me unhappy. I have become even more dilly-dallied kind of with age. I started late knowing today is working day for my men. They never do complain why dinner is served late. I was pretty tired yesterday, did 10km walk to and fro old neighbourhood, had French Toast, Chilled Teh O Kosong there. A Bong can't enjoy French Toast..... "dim aar chini eksangey amader poshai na".... 

I was just thinking of doing a series of Bengali Breakfasts, regular ones... not everyday we had "Radhaballavi o Dalpoori".... I must give it a thought. Let husband come back from his tour, I would buy less of raw fish, meat, vegetables; prepare those breakfast fares for our dinners, share in blog next day. I am all about food, food and food. The entire day I plan about how to use raw ingredients. 

For my lunch I will be preparing "Dalia Khichdi"..... I would finish off with post, cook, take shower, do my prayer, eat, read, doze off; son will enter, will set television set in fullest volume, mumma will go down to swim to avoid noise, shall come back, sit with her tea, keep thinking what to do after he goes away from home, there would remain silence for me. 

Who to share with my agony? I must do something besides blogging from late 2020, but what? I keep telling a friend "if situation permits, restart your catering business." If you ask me again my wish, I will repeat same, to deliver "desi Khana to desi homes"! If I taste profit, I would not mind getting license.

"o maiyara, tumra lau ghontor lau oto dumo dumo kato kyarey? didima / thakuma / maa dir moto boti te ziri ziri lau ba shaak katar khyamta tomago nai, amaro nai. Shredder asey kiyer laigya? Desh jora naam tomago ranna mon diya koro, ccubi bhalo koira tulo.... like kombo koida, maan barbo kintu, maai / didima / thakumar mukh rokkha hoibo. Amar naam nai, kintu zani didimai kon randhoney ki phoron dito. Mosa, Ecor, Bharali der ghonta dhoira randhi ami." 

Let us share healthy, vegetarian breakfast with semolina, plain yogurt, green peas, shredded carrot, chopped coriander, onion, green chilli, fruit salt, salt with you. You may allow me or you may not, I will call it MICROWAVE SEMOLINA IDLI.

INGREDIENTS :

SEMOLINA / SUJI : 11/2COFFEE MUG [I used Idli Rava]
PLAIN YOGURT : 2 SMALL TEA CUP
FRUIT SALT : 1/3TBSP [I USED ENO]
SHREDDED CARROT : 1SMALL TEA CUP
GREEN PEA : 1/2SMALL TEA CUP
CHOPPED CORIANDER : 1SMALL TEA CUP
CHOPPED GREEN CHILLI : 1 OR 2 TBSP
CHOPPED ONION : 1/2 MEDIUM TEA CUP
SALT : AS REQUIRED
WATER : AS REQUIRED
OIL : 2-3 DROPS [to grease the moulds]

PROCEDURE : 

Take semolina / suji, plain yogurt in a bowl. 

Mix well, add water gradually to get paste like consistency.

To it, add washed shredded carrot, chopped coriander, onion, green chillies. Mix well.

Add salt, mix well keep covered for 1/2 an hour.

Remove cover, add fruit salt, mix well, keep covered for 5-6 minutes.

Grease microwave proof idli moulds with oil, fill little more than half with batter.

Add base of microwave proof idli stand with water, it should be half immersed without water touching the moulds.

Cover with lid, microwave at 450*C for 8 minutes. This temperature setting gives softer idli. Temperature varies from machine to machine. So don't mind trial and error method.

Gently take each out with end part of spoon. 

Have them fresh, hot with chutney, sauce of your choice. This home had it with a mayo-sriracha sauce!