Steamed Rainbow Semolina Bites
-Using semolina,chickpea flour and youghurt we make this steamed semolina bites which havea very unique taste and is healthy breakfast.
-I will show you 2 methods by steaming and other is in microwave.
-These when prepared in colors kids will surely love it.
Ingredients:
-1 and half cup semolina
-1/4 cup chickpea flour
-3/4 cup yoghurt
-Baking soda
-Diffrent food colors
-salt
-Gingerpaste
-greenchilli paste
-paprika
Preparing Batter
-Take a bowl and add one and half cup semolina,1/4cup chick pea flour,3/4 cup yoghurt, little oil and salt
-Give a mix and ferment for 3 hours.
Prepare Food Colors
-I boiled carrot,spinach and made puree with it for orange and green color.
-Turmeric for yellow and beet root extracted water for dark pink.
-I added little tomato puree for carrot puree to form bright orange.
Adding Purees to Batter
-Take 5 bowls and divide the batter in to 4 portions.
-Add each colored purees to diffrent bowls and mix.To 5th bowl i used plain white batter with no color.
Adding Spices
-Add Ginger paste to all bowls.
-To carrot puree bowl add paprika.
-To spinach puree bowl add green chilli paste.
-If needed water if batter is too thick add in all bowls
-Finally add baking soda about 1/2tsp together in all bowls and give amix.
Steaming:
-I used idli molds for steaming .you can use electric idli molds or pressure cooker idli molds for steaming.
-I applied oil to all moulds and poured the diffrent colored batters in diffrent moulds and also prepared rainbow mould by adding all colors.
-steam for 15 minutes and serve hot
Microwave Method
-you can call this as cup cake method.I used silicone muffin tray.
-Grease little oil in muffin cups and arrange in layers all colors to form rainbow muffin.microwave for just 2 minute