Categories: Idli
Ingredients
- 2 cups grated yellow pumpkin
- 3/4 cup of idli rava (not the upma rav, adjust according to the coarseness you want, less the bettter)
- Handful of coriander leaves
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut (optional)
- 4-5 green chillies
- salt
Directions
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Remove the skin from the pumpkin and grate it.
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Chop up the green chilies and coriander leaves very finely.
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Add the idli rava, green chilies, coriander leaves to grated pumpkin and mix well. Add salt as required. No need to add water at all.
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Note that the mixture in this case will be coarse and separate and not “gooey” or sticky like regular idli batter. The mixture should have more of pumpkin than the idli rava.
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Keep aside for 30 minutes.
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Procedure:
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Grease the idli stand and pour the pumpkin mixture in each groove.
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Steam this in a pressure cooker without whistle for 15 minutes.
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Serve hot with ghee. This can be had as snacks as is without chutney or pudis.