26 October, 2017
Instant chocolate Idly | which can be prepared in minutes !
ದಿಢೀರ್ ಚಾಕಲೇಟ್ ಇಡ್ಲಿ | ನಿಮಿಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತಯಾರಾಗುತ್ತೆ |
Some time back I had tried making chocolate sheera using semolina and named it as semolina choco-bath. It was a huge hit at my place as we all like chocolates and anything/everything which is chocolate flavored.
Very recently one of my friend in a WhatsApp group, mentioned about some Idlys restaurant in Bangalore, located somewhere in Jayanagar 3rd block, makes chocolate Idly and banana coconut Idly.
Suddenly somehow it reminded me of my semolina choco-bath recipe and I thought why don’t I try making idly with the same set of ingredients which I have used for making semolina choco-bath.
As this is an instant version, I just did make couple of additions to the ingredients which I had used to make semolina choco-bath. That’s it …..truly soft, light, spongy, yummy, delicious chocolate idlys were ready in minutes !
You need to make it to believe it…that’s all I can say. Next time I’m also going to add walnuts or/and almonds, which I have used in semolina choco-bath as well. The below mentioned measurement yields 5 idlys. Hmm now what next…. it is definitely banana coconut Idly !
You may also like to check stuffed Idly , Idly with dill leaves , Idly-Sambar , maize flour Idly , Idly with three ingredients , Vegetable Idly , Fermented batter rave/semolina idly/Kanchipuram idly , Idly sambar-lentil less sambar for idly , Ragi idiyappam-rice idiyappam , hotel style Instant rave idly-sagu-chutney , Whole ragi button idly , Green gram idly , rice button idly , Darshini style sambar for button idly , Tatte idly- using red rice , Akki tari/rice semolina idly , Vegetable idly , Mallige idly/soft idly
Ingredients : measuring cup used – 200 ml
- Semolina/sooji/rave – 1/2 cup (upma rava)
- Warm milk – 1/4 cup (adjust, you may add 1 or 2 tablespoons more if needed at the end)
- Curd/Yogurt – 1/3 cup (I often put yogurt)
- Powdered sugar – 3 tbsp (I have put 1 tbsp each of coconut sugar, date palm rock sugar and Bura sugar/Boora sakkare)
- Cocoa powder – 1 tbsp or you can also put 2 tbsp of choco peanut spread or choco milk spread)
- Ghee – 1 tbsp
- Oil – 1/2 tbsp
- Choco-chip – 2 tbsp (optional)
- Salt – a pinch
Others :
- Choco chip – to sprinkle on the Idly (optional)
- Chocolate syrup – to pour on the Idly (optional)
PROCEDURE :
- Mix milk, sugar & curd/yogurt in a bowl and beat it for a while to get it evenly mixed, also put semolina, salt, cocoa powder/choco spread, ghee, oil, choco chip(if using) in a bowl and combine everything well, cover and let it sit for 10 to 12 minutes
- Wet the Idly plates (I never grease the idly plates) and pour the batter OR
- Pour little batter first, place a piece of chocolate (of your choice) in the centre, cover with little more batter on top, Steam cook for 12 minutes, remove from the heat and let it sit for 5 minutes
- Then remove the chocolate Idly’s and put it in a serving plate
- Pour some chocolate syrup and sprinkle choco chip on it and serve hot
I have also tried making chocolate idly using the regular fermented semolina/sooji/rava/rave idly batter, I have just added 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder & 1 tbsp choco chip to 1/2 cup of fermented Idly batter, mixed well, poured into the wet idly plates and steamed it for 12 minutes and 1/2 cup of batter yields 2 Idlys. No doubt it also tastes yummy, but that black gram/urad dal smell and taste will be there definitely.
Some other rare/special ones under steamed idly recipes are –
- sago/sabudana/sabbakki idly
- Vermicelli/semiya/shavige idly
- Finger millet/ragi idly
- Rice flakes/Poha/avalakki idly
- Broken wheat/dalia/godhi nuchhina idly
- Moong urad idly/Protein idly
- Instant banana coconut idly
- Iinstant chocolate idly
- Sorghum semolina idly
- Sweet & spicy stuffed idly
