protein rich breakfast | moong dal idli recipe is an easy recipe, filled with protein, and fiber. All the ingredients to make the batter is dal (ie) moong dal and urad dal along with fenugreek seeds. The final product turns into fluffy and soft idli. It is good for growing kids and toddlers. Using this batter, we can make dosa also. The taste of this moong dal idli (protein rich breakfast) differs from normal idli. It is better to switch to this idli once in a while to get a change of taste. However, you will definitely feel the uniqueness of its taste because it is completely made with dals

As a side dish we can use tomato kulambu, mint chutney, garlic chutney, kara chutney, like this.

I have used urad dal (black urad dal) with husk, as it has dietary fiber. But we can use the usual urad dal (without husk) too. Nowadays, In the market we are getting, fiber supplements, fiber powders to satisfy our fiber requirements. As this idli contains enough amount of fiber, we feel full for a long time after we ate.

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protein rich breakfast | moong dal idli recipe

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

soaking and fermentation 11

Total Time 11 15

Course Main Course

Cuisine South Indian

Servings 4

Ingredients

1 cup moong dal
¼ cup urad dal
¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp dry ginger powder

Instructions

Take 1 cup of moong dal, ¼ cup of urad dal, ¼ tsp of fenugreek seeds in a mixing bowl. Rinse altogether well until we get clear water
Soak it for 3 hours
After 3 hours, drain off all the water from it, grind it into a fine batter
ferment it for 8 hours or overnight.
After the batter got fermented well, add ½ tsp of salt and ¼ tsp of dry ginger powder. Mix well
pour it in the idli platter. Steam cook it for 10 minutes, that's it. Serve it with chutney.