Instant Jowar Idli | Jowar Rava Idli

Instant Jowar Idli – healthy and nutritious idli made with jowar flour and semolina.

A great alternative to rice idli, these jowar idli are soft and fluffy and can be enjoyed with chutney.

What is Jowar?

Jowar is a millet packed with many nutritional benefits. This ancient grain is getting lot of attention at this moment because people are trying to avoid plain flour.

The many benefits of Jowar flour are – its gluten free, rich in fiber, protein packed, controls blood sugars and many more.

Sorghum is the english name for jowar. It is also called jonna in telugu, jowar in hindi and cholam in tamil. 

If you are trying to incorporate millets in your diet, but not liking the taste of it this is the recipe to try. The idli has equal amounts of jowar and rava and it tastes just like rava idli but much healthier.

More Jowar recipes – Instant Jowar Dosa , Jowar Uttapam and Ragi Jowar Rotti

Ingredients:

How to make Instant Jowar Idli?

In a large bowl combine jowar flour, semolina, salt, curd and water. Mix it well and rest the batter for 30 minutes.

While the batter is resting do the tempering. Heat a small pan and heat oil. Add mustard seeds and let them pop. Now add chana dal and urad dal. Fry till dal turns light brown. Add cumin, ginger, finely chopped green chili and curry leaves. Fry for a minute and add a pinch of asafoetida and turn off the stove.

After 30 minutes add this tempering to the jowar-rava mixture. Mix it well. Check for the batter consistency and add some water if needed. The batter should be similar to idli batter. Slightly thick, but pourable.  

Add eno and one teaspoon of water on top of the eno to activate it. Mix it. Grease your idli plates with oil/ghee/cooking spray.

After the eno is added, you will almost immediately see bubbles in the batter. Immediately pour a ladle full of batter in to idli molds and steam them.

Steaming the Idli –

If using idli steamer– steam them on high for 10 – 11 minutes. Remove once the pressure releases naturally.

If using instant pot – add 1.5 cups of water and boil it in the saute mode. Once the water comes to a boil, hit cancel. Place the idli stand and close the lid. Turn the pressure valve to vent position. Press the steam mode and keep an external timer for 10 -11 minutes. Once the timer is done, turn off the instant pot and remove the idli after 5 minutes.

If using traditional pressure cooker- do not place the whistle and steam them for 10 minutes.

To check if the idli is done, if you stick a knife into the idli it should come out clean. After you remove the idli mold from the steamer, let rest for 2-3 minutes before removing the idli.

Serving Suggestions:

Serve the Jowar Idli made with peanut tomato chutney.

STORING & REHEATING:

Ragi Idli stays fresh for 3 days in the refrigerator. To reheat the idli, place them in a microwave safe bowl. sprinkle litlle water on the top, close the lid and microwave for 2 -3 minutes

More Millets Recipes –

Instant Ragi Idli

Millet Lemon Rice

Foxtail Millet Pulao

Ragi Jowar Rotti

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