Tricolor Goli Idli | Masala Goli Idli
Tricolor Goli Idli | Masala Goli Idli is a quick and simple recipe made from steamed rice flour balls. This is an ideal breakfast or snack meal. It is an instant alternative to fermented idli. These are soft , spongy pebble like balls made by steaming rice flour balls and then tempered with mustard seeds, sesame seeds, chilies, curry leaves and urad dal. No fermentation and soda is required in this recipe.
Equipment
- Steamer
- Big mixing bowl
- Small mixing bowls
- spatula
Ingredients
- 1 cup rice flour
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ginger chili paste
- 1/8 cup carrot puree
- 1/8 cup coriander paste/puree.
- 1.25 cup water
Tempering:
- 1 tbsp cooking oil You may use peanut oil, sesame seeds oil or ghee.
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1.5 tsp sesame seeds
- 2 green chilies chopped.
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 pinch asafoetida hing
- Coriander leaves for garnish
Instructions
Make Goli Idli mixture/ dough
- Take a cup of water in a saucepan and heat it. Add ghee, salt and ginger-chili paste.
- Let water come to a rolling boil.
- Now add flour gradually. Mix continuously so that no lumps are formed.
- Mix well and keep covered for ten minutes.
- After 10 minutes mix and smoothen out the rice flour mixture.
How to make Tricolor Goli Idli Mixture/Dough
- Divide the goli idli mixture into three parts.
- For white color, keep the first goli idli mixture plain.
- For Orange color, mix in 2-3 tsp of carrot puree to the second Goli Idli mixture part.
- For Green color, mix coriander puree with third goli idli mixture portion. Now you have three coloured mixtures to make the rice balls.
How to shape and steam Goli Idli
- Grease you palms and make small balls.
- Steam them in a steamer for 10 minutes. Remove the balls from steamer.
Tempering
- Heat a tbsp of oil. To this add mustard seeds. When they crackle add urad dal, sesame seeds, curry leaves and a pinch of asafoetida.
- Then add in the goli idli balls and gently mix.
- Lastly, garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
What to serve with
- Serve Goli Idli as breakfast or an evening snack with coriander mint chutney , hot chili garlic sauce or coconut chutney and a cup of freshly brewed Coffee, Kadak Chai or Cardamom Caffe Latte.You could serve at a snacking bar alongside others snacks such as Veggie Gunta Ponganalu , Mirchi Pakoda, Spinach Corn Bites.
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Notes
- There should be no cracks in the Goli Idli balls.
- You could use other colored vegetable purees that suit party theme. Example turmeric powder for yellow color, beetroot puree for red color and so on.
- While steaming, the Goli Idli Balls should not snuggle to each other. Keep them separate so that they retain their perfectly spherical shape while steaming.
- As much as possible try to consume Goli Idli the same day. Just in case if there are leftovers for the following day, then steam them a bit. If heating in a pan, then sprinkle some water before heating. This will soften the goli idli balls.