Healthy Ragi Idlis

BENGALURU: Ingredients

•     Ragi flour -  1/2 cup
•     Rice flour - 1/2 cup
•     Small onion chopped -  1
•     Fruit salt (Eno) - 1/2 tsp
•     Salt to taste

For the tempering

•     1 tbsp oil
•     1/2 tsp cumin seeds
•     1/2 tsp chana dal (split bengal grams)

Method

•     Mix together ragi flour, rice flour and salt.
•     Add a little water to make like a batter that can be poured into idli moulds.
•     Add chopped onions and mix well.
•     Heat oil in a small pan. Add cumin seeds and chana dal. When the chana dal is a little red, pour this tempering over the batter.
•     Now add the fruit salt. Mix well and pour into the idli moulds.
•     Steam for 20 minutes.
•     Ready to serve. Goes well with sambhar and chutney.

Shuchi Vaishnav Gandhi blogs at www.spicytangy.com