Chickpeas Sprouts Idli | Healthy Idli recipe with sprouts

Chickpeas Sprouts Idli | Healthy Idli recipe with sprouts
You know, adding healthier ingredients to your everyday diet is so very easy. Replace one or few ingredients, or just reduce quantity of one ingredient and insert the other healthier ingredient! Everything counts and is good for us in some way.

We all know Sprouts are super healthy, can be made into a variety of dishes like salads, raita, vadai, adai etc., you can also make them into idli or dosai.
Yep, the proof is in the picture and the recipe in my blog! With pictures added in the instagram story highlights as well for your quick reference.
In my recipe of the Sprouts I’m replacing about 3/4 of the black lentils with Chickpea sprouts. Although the lentils are good in idli, for a different version of idli that is protien rich and fluffier try this recipe.
Also want to say, I know people generally say soak the ingredients for 3 to 6 hours, soak lentils and rice separately.  But in my recipe, recipe from a very busy software engineer and mom to a 7yr old, I say soak together the rice, Sprouts and lentils. And for one hour.. use a wet grinder to make the batter. Ferment the batter the batter overnight to make Fluffy idli or crispy dosai. It will work!!

Recipe is below:
Ingredients
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Idli Rice – 600g
Sprouts of choice(black Chickpea here) – 200g
Urad dal/black lentils – 50g
Fenugreek seeds – 1/2 tsp
Water as needed to make batter
Salt as needed
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Method
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1. Wash the rice and lentils together. Add the black Chickpea and the fenugreek seeds. Soak with enough water to fully cover the ingredients for an hour or more.
2. Grind into idli batter, thick and Fluffy, pourable consistency. Add the salt in the last few minutes of the grind cycle.
3. Store in large bowl or containers. Leave space for the batter to raise and ferment. Always fill about less than 3/4 of the container. No overspilling or wasting the batter.
4. Check consistency, add water as needed to make idli. Too much water, you will end up with flat idli. Check idli batter consistency in Google.
5. Steam in greased plates.
6. Serve hot with side dishes of preference.

Chickpeas Sprouts Idli | Healthy Idli recipe with sprouts

Recipe by FhareenaCourse: Quick and Easy

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

1

minute

Cooking time

10

minutes

Calories

175

kcal

Total time

1

hour 

10

minutes

Chickpeas Sprouts Idli | Healthy Idli recipe with sprouts

Ingredients

• Idli Rice – 600g

• Sprouts of choice(black Chickpea here) – 200g

• Urad dal/black lentils – 50g

• Fenugreek seeds – 1/2 tsp

• Water as needed to make batter

• Salt as needed

Directions

• Wash the rice and lentils together. Add the black Chickpea and the fenugreek seeds. Soak with enough water to fully cover the ingredients for an hour or more.
• Grind into idli batter, thick and Fluffy, pourable consistency. Add the salt in the last few minutes of the grind cycle.
• Store in large bowl or containers. Leave space for the batter to raise and ferment. Always fill about less than 3/4 of the container. No overspilling or wasting the batter.
• Check consistency, add water as needed to make idli. Too much water, you will end up with flat idli. Check idli batter consistency in Google.
• Steam in greased plates.
• Serve hot with side dishes of preference.

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