Hello ladies I bought Urad dal flour and mixed it with Idli rava and fermented it over night. Then when I was pouring the batter into idli mix I used cooking spray to oil idli moulds. When I steamed them they were in the color of red. I took a picture and I am attaching it . I thought spraying canola oil made this. but later I used the same batter with out using the cooking spray still the same redness.. If any of you experienced this please tell me why this occurs and how should I avoid this? Thanks a lot for sharing your experience / expertise Chinni
Do you add methi seeds ( fenugreek seeds) with Urad dal...... It may be a reason. Or Do you roast the rawa before soaking it???
It looks a little different. Are you sure the batter is good. I would personally advice you to not eat it. It could be with roasting rava too. Here is how I prepare my batter Idli Rice - 3 3/4th cup Urad Dal - 1 1/4th cup methi seeds 1 teaspoon Soak it for 8 hours and grind rice separately and urad dal + methi seeds separately. Add salt and leave it over night to be fermented. Try this and it should work...I know this does not answer your question though
I think it is the urad flour that you are mixing. I think it is roasted ones, which might get red in color.
I also think it has something to do with your urad flour. Please check to see what kind of flour it is.
I too faced the same situation, but when i reduced the quantity of methi seeds used i did not get this. just add 5 to 6 methi seeds instead of 1 tea spoon... Try it this way...
I doubt if adding one spoon of methi seeds will make idlis turn this red/brownish. Might be a bit dull colored idlis but not so much. I add them very often. Like others here, I too guess its got to do something with the urad flour that you used. I read somewhere that presence of cooking soda could discolor the idlies.
This is the first time I am seeing something like this. But it looks good I think it should be because of roasting of rava. What color is your batter?
