Cornmeal Idli/ Dosa - submitted by Dahlia on 01-26-2009
Ingredients Cornmeal - 2 cups
Sour Yogurt - 2 cups
Carrot - 1 (grated)
Cilantro - handful (finely chopped)
Curry Leaves - 1 strand (finely chopped)
Water - as needed for batter
Oil- 2 tblsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Channa dal- 1 tsp  Method
1. Heat oil in a pan and splutter the mustard seeds, cumin seeds and channa dal.
2. Add the corn meal to this and roast it for few minutes. This step is optional but gives a nice nutty flavour. If you are in a hurry, skip this step.
3. Swith off and add grated carrot, chopped curry leaves, cilantro, yogurt and required salt.
4. Mix well and let this rest for 10-15 minutes.
5. Add water to bring it to the right consistency for making idlis or dosas.
6. For Idlis
- Add a pinch of baking soda to the above batter and mix nicely. Steam them in idli plates for 15 minutes.
For Dosa
- Add little more water to bring the water to the right consistency (similar to rava dosa batter). Spread from the outside like rava dosa.
7. Serve with coconut chutney or pudhina chutney or any other curry. Comment Comment by suvarn challa what is corn meal called in telugu......
it looks yummy i would like to cook....please reply soon Reply :- Hi Suvarn, Cornmeal is coarsely ground corn. It has the texture ot rava and is white or yellow in colour. I'm not sure of its telugu name. I guess you will be able to find it in some major grocery stores. If you find the name, please share with us so that it will be helpful for many. |
Comment by Rohini Kute
I am Indian living in Germany...by mistake i brought cornmeal instead of corn flour and didn't know what to do with it....then i searched on internet and found ur site...i tried all the recipes for cornmeal and all came out very well...really very thankful to u...keep up the good work..ur site is really beautifully made...
Reply :- Thank You Rohini. Even I got Cornmeal by mistake the very first time. But after trying our all these recipes, nowadays I buy cornmeal regularly. |
Comment by Smitha Rose
Where can i get this corn meal
Reply :- You can find corn meal is most grocery stores. It looks like rava but is yellow in colour. |
Comment by SUNITHA MENON on 18 January 2010 18:57PM is the corn meal same as corn flour? Reply :- Hi Sunitha, Cornmeal is different from corn flour. Corn meal is coarsely ground flour from dried corn. Corn flour has more of the corn starch in it and it is finer in texture. |
Comment by Rani on 27 January 2009 21:14PM Lovely picture dahlia and looks yummy too Reply :- Thanks Rani |
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