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Murmura nashta recipe | how to make veg tadka idli | easy puffed rice snacks

Author Nehas Cook Book
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 12 idli

Ingredients
 

For murmura idli batter

  • 2 cup murmura
  • 1 cup idli rava or semolina
  • 1 cup curd
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 cup + ¼ cup water or as required
  • 1 tsp eno

For idli tadka

  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp chana dal
  • 1 tsp urad dal
  • 5-6 chopped curry leaves
  • Pinch of asafetida
  • 2 chopped green chilli
  • ¼ cup chopped onion
  • ¼ cup chopped carrot
  • ¼ cup chopped yellow capsicum
  • ¼ cup chopped red capsicum
  • Salt to taste

For chana dal  chutney

  • 2 tbsp oil
  • ¼ cup chana dal
  • 3-4 curry leaves
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 4 dry red chilli
  • Salt to taste
  • ¼ cup water or as required

For chutney tempering

  • 1 tsp oil
  • ¼ tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp urad dal
  • Some curry leaves
  • Pinch of hing

Instructions

For murmura idli

  • Grind 2 cups of murmura into a coarse powder.
  • In a mixing bowl, add murmura powder, idli rava, salt and curd. Mix well.
  • Add water gradually and make thick idli-like batter.
  • Cover and rest the batter for 15-20 minutes.
  • In a pan, add oil, mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal, chopped curry leaves, asafoetida, and chopped green chilli. Sauté till dal turns slightly golden brown.
  • Then add onion and sauté till onion become translucent.
  • Now add chopped carrot, yellow capsicum, red capsicum, and salt. Sauté it on high flame till it is slightly soft.
  • tadka is ready. keep it aside.
  • After 20 minutes add water as required, to form an idli batter consistency batter.
  • Then add prepared tadka to the batter and mix well.
  • Steam water in a pan for 5 minutes and also grease idli stand with oil.
  • just before steaming add 1 tsp eno (fruit salt) and mix well till it turns frothy. alternatively, add a pinch of baking soda.
  • pour the batter immediately into idli plate. do not rest the batter.
  • steam the idli for 15-20 minutes on medium flame.
  • finally, serve instant murmura idli with chana dal chutney

for chana dal chutney

  • In a pan, add oil and chana dal. Sauté till the dal is slightly golden brown.
  • Then add curry leaves, garlic cloves, ginger and dry red chilli. Sauté for a minute.
  • Switch off the flame and cool down the mixture completely.
  • Add the chutney mixture into grinder jar. Then add salt, and water and grind everything into a smooth paste.
  • Take out the chutney mixture into a bowl.
  • Heat oil in pan, add oil, mustard seeds, urad dal, curry leaves and a pinch of hing. Sauté for a minute and add in the chutney.
  • Serve chutney with murmura idli.

Notes

  • Grind mumura into a coarse powder.
  • use idli rava or sooji (semolina) for nashta.
  • use sour curd for nashta.
  • the batter should have an idli batter-like thick consistency.
  • cook nashta on high-medium flame.