Nalini'sKitchen: Broken Wheat Idly/Gothumai Rava Idly

Entering the first week of 53rd edition of Blogging Marathon and this week theme is going to be Guilt free indulgence.
As these days everybody is changing their food habits to lead a healthy life.One such thing is substituting the whole grains and millets in traditional recipes.
Idly is a common healthy breakfast made with rice and lentil in almost every South Indian house hold.The regular rice idly needs grinding as well as fermentation and the amount of carbohydrate is considerably more due to the amount of rice used.People who wants reduce their carbohydrate intake can substitute with whole grains and millets.
Coming to the recipe,I used the broken wheat to make this idly,you can also add 1/4 cup of oats along with broken wheat.This is an instant version and doesn't need fermentation.I paired up the idly with two varieties of chutney and its a filling and balanced meal if its served along with a bowl of sambar.With no further delay lets move on to the recipe....................................

Broken Wheat Idly

Basic Information

Preparation time ~ 15 minutes

Cooking time ~ 12 -15 minutes

Makes ~ 10

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Broken wheat	1 cup
Thick Yogurt/ketti thayir	3/4 cup
Ginger/inji(finely chopped)	1 tsp(optional)
Green chilly/pachamilagai	2 (finely chopped)
Eno fruit salt	3/4 tsp
Carrot (grated)	1-2 tbs(optional)
Curry leaves/karivepillai	1 sprig
Coriander leaves/kothamalli	for garnishing
Salt	1 tsp
Oil	2 tsp+1 tsp for greasing

For the tempering

Ingredient	Quantity
Mustard seeds/kadugu	1/2 tsp
Urad dhal/uluthamparppu	1 tsp
Channa dhal/kadalaparuppu	2 tsp
Asafoetida/perungayam	a pinch

Method

Whisk the curd and set it aside.In a pan heat the oil and do the tempering with the given ingredients the add ginger,green chilly and curry leaves.Add in the broken wheat.Fry it in a medium flame till it becomes golden and a nice aroma comes out.Put off the flame and let it cool down for couple of minutes.Add it to the whisked yogurt,add salt and mix it well.

Adjust the consistency with water.Add in the chopped carrot and coriander leaves to it.Let it stand for 3-5 minutes.If needed add little water at this stage.Now add the eno fruit salt and mix it well.Grease the idly plate with oil and pour the batter in each mould.Steam it for 10-12 minutes or till a tooth pick comes out clean.With the help of knife or spoon remove it from the idly plate.

Broken wheat Idly is ready.Serve it with sambar and chutney of your choice.

Don't keep the batter for a long time after adding the eno fruit salt,steam it right away to get a nice fluffy idly.
Here I used one day older yogurt to get a nice tangy taste.
If the batter is too thick add little more water to adjust the consistency.If the batter is too thin also,the idly doesn't comes out good.
If the broken wheat is too coarse,grind it in the blender for a minute without adding water.