"IDLY MANTAP" - Tikkies and Parathas made of Idly.

||GANAPATI BAPPA MORYA…………MANGALA MURTI MORYA ||

"IDLY MANTAP" - Tikkies and Parathas made of Idly.

Today being Tuesday, I thought of making a ......."IDLY MANTAP" using idly batter and vegies like beetroot, carrot, nachani and coriander for layering the Mantap, so here is my humble attempt in preparing an Idly Mantap for our Beloved God Ganapati-Bappa.............GOD BLESS ALL.

Made these three diff. types of Veg. Tikkies (Beetroot, Carrot and Coriander Spinach) out of the remaining Idlies instead of our regular Usli.........and they turned out simply great.

For the Idly Batter : Soak 1 cup of Urad dal for 3-4 hrs. Grind to a smooth paste. Meanwhile soak 3 cups of Idly Rava for 30 minutes, strain and add to the batter. Add salt and leave to ferment overnight or 10-12 hrs. depending on the weather. This is the basic Idly batter.

These TIKKIES were made out of 3 different flavoured idlies which I had used to make the Idly Mantap.

The four colours I used for the Mantap are:

For Green coloured Batter: Grind to a fine paste 1 cup of coriander leaves with a few spinach leaves.

For Red Coloured Batter : Grind one medium sized beetroot with little water to a fine paste.

For Orange Coloured Batter : Grind 2-3 medium sized carrots to a fine pase with little water. 

For the Brown Coloured Batter : Use 1 cup of Nanchani flour.

To prepare the diff. coloured Idlies: Add 1-2 cups of the prepared Idly batter to each of the above given coloured pastes & steam the Idlies the regular way. You will get four different types of flavoured Idlies. Check the consistency & add in Idly rava if you feel the need. 

For the Tikkies: Just crumble the different coloured idlies to fine crumbs separately. For three cups of crumbs Add 2-3 tblsp of rice powder, 1 tblsp of cornflour, 1 finely chopped onion (Optional), 1 tsp of garam masala, salt to taste, 1 tblsp of chilly powder or finely chopped green chillies (depends on what you like), 1 tsp of dhania powder, 1 tsp of jeera powder, 1 tsp of grated ginger, 1-2 tsp of curds and make into a smooth dough using as little water as required. Now make into desired shaped tikkies and fry on tava on both sides by adding a little oil till crisp. Serve hot with ketchup.