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.
Let’s get into the recipe of protein rich breakfast | moong dal idli recipe
protein rich breakfast | moong dal idli recipe
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.
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protein rich breakfast | moong dal idli recipe
Note:
Instead of dry ginger powder, you can add a piece of ginger while grinding the batter
I have used split urad dal, if you using whole urad dal, soaking time will differ. it takes 4 hours for whole urad dal.
Along with protein rich breakfast | moong dal idli recipe, also check out other idli varieties and chutney varieties in the blog.
ellu chutney or sesame seeds chutney
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