A big hugs and thank you to all my friends who left condolence messages in the blog and also mailed me separately! I will soon be sending separate mails to each of you, till then please consider this as my personal thanks to each one of you! I think I am slowly pulling myself back to normalcy.
Lakshmi came to Bangalore on an official trip last week and she could just spend a few hours with us. I prepared the kutty idlies and sambar which she loves! We get the kutty idli plates in most shops in Chennai and Bangalore. You can prepare the kutty idlies with the regular Idli batter .
Preparation of sambar
Ingredients
- Toordal – 1/2 cup
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon
- Tomato – 1 no
- Bell pepper – 1 no
- Hing – a pinch
- Oil – 1/2 tablespoon
- Tamarind – 3 inches
- Sambar powder – 1 teaspoon
- Salt – to taste.
For Grinding into paste
- Green chillies – 2 nos
- Grated coconut – 2 tablespoons
- Onion – 1 small
- Ginger – 1/2 inch
- Khus Khus – 1 teaspoon
- Channa dal – 2 teaspoons
- Oil – 2 teaspoon
For seasoning
- Mustard seeds – 1 teaspoon
- Redchilli – 1 no
- Curry leaves – 1 twig
- Oil- 1 teaspoon
Method
- Wash the toordal, add turmeric powder and pressure cook adding enough water. Mash well.
- Soak the tamrind in warm water and squeeze out the pulp.
- Cut the bell pepper into 1 inch pieces, add hing and 1 teaspoon oil and MW for 3 minutes or saute on a low flame. Add the sambar powder.
- In 2 teaspoon oil fry the channa dal till golden, add onions,green chillies and tomato and saute on a low flame till the onions are transparent.
- Soak Khuskhus in warm water for ten minutes. Add grated coconut, ginger, sauted onion mixture and grind to a fine paste.
- In a large kadai (use the same kadai used to saute capsicum or take some oil if its a fresh one), mix the toor dal, tamarind pulp, ground paste, bell pepper and salt. Add 1/2 cup water and cook on a medium flame for 3 minutes.
- If required add some more water. This sambar should be thin so that the idlies will soak well. Add salt. Season with mustard seeds, red chillies and curry leaves.
- Place the hot idlies on a shallow bowl and add the sambar to fill the bowl. Serve with a teaspoon of ghee or til oil.
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Gold Medal for Recipe Marathon
I’m very proud that my daughter Lakshmi has successfully completed the Recipe Marathon organized by Dhivya and Siri by posting continuously for 15 days . Here’s her gold medal for the recipe marathon:
That looks delicious. Lakshmi is lucky to have a mom who prepares this for her.
Ofcourse i know that is what we moms do prepare things our kids like the most.
Happy to hear that you are feeling much better.
This sounds like the special meal my mom makes when I visit her…
I love kutty idlis as well.. So laksmi is all back pampered?
What’s kutty idli mould look like? Are they same as Cocktail idlis? I have one with bite sized idli mould stand.
How many kutti idlis did your “little girl” eat? Just curious! 😀
Isn’t she lucky? I would like some kutty idli too when I come and see you!
Good to see you smiling, that’s enough for us. Take care , hugs. I have plans to make Sambhar too.
Just made Moong Idlis from smn’s blog. FABULOUS!! Greenish soft idli with green chutney.
Congratulations to L, she did a great job. I got exhausted just running with them commenting! Hahaha!
I love kutti idlis too.Congrats to Lakshmi for receiveing the award.
Congrats to Lakshmi on completing the marathon!
I knew she’d do it one day!
:-))
Good to see u back in action amma. I love kutti idlis.. thats the ONLY thing I typically eat in a Udipi restaurant..:D
I have something for u on my blog amma..:)
Hugs,
Siri
Even I am a big fan of mini idlies. My amma got me kutty idly plates at the time of my marriage. Glad to know you are back to normalcy. Waiting for recipes from you.
Glad to see you back…..love mini idlis with sambar….lucky Lakshmi :-))
Always love the mini idli’s.nice entry.have to get the mini idly plates when i go to India
Hi Latha! Kutti idli and sambar looksw yummy. Congrats to Lakshmi on her award.
Nice to see you back here Lata. Hope you feels better now. Take care. This is my favorite too. Viji
@aunty-i like the look of this dish!and more importantly i know wat the word “kutty” means…:) its one of the 5 tamil words i know! lol 🙂
@lax- u get a real award for completing the marathon?!wowie..congrats!
lathamma… never communicated withu in person… but am one of the marathon runners… and we get to some stuffs abt u in the mails… i have been a great fan of u since my first dYS OF BLOGGING… and would love love love to meet u .. iam also in banglore… but only when i get to speak to you once or twice….
u got tears to my eyes… amma used to make min idlis for us too… and ur sambhar looks so much like hers… i never get the same color… just curious.. is this the tengai potta sambhar…
oh i love love love these mini idlis…get a chance to eat these kuttus only when i come to tamil nadu region….even if they are the same as big idlis…these small ones have a special taste that i love…i hope to get the small idli mould next time i go to india:)
i was also one of the marathon runners….enjoyed it so much:)
When r u coming back Lathamma – I know its little hard – But then what to do – u have no choice! U have brats like me to handle ( if Laks was not enough all by herself ! ;-)) Idli’s luk delishhhhhhhhhhh! That almost decided my plan to visit Bglore and come and sit at ur place 🙂
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Sumithra
hi i want to know meaning of khus khus plz let me know
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smith
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