Today is the Festival - 'Ugadi' in South India.... It is also considered as the First day of New Year, (in a traditional way), according to some of the South Indian communities.
So in my family, we are celebrating this festival, and here in Mangalore we make this special dish for the breakfast called 'Khotto' in our regional language Konkani!! (Some people call it Moode in some other language.)
This is actually made of idli batter, filled in a specially designed (hand made) mould, using the leaves of a Jackfruit tree!!
How to make it...
Pluck the leaves of a jackfruit tree and clean the leaves properly.
Select a set of 4 equal sized leaves and join them like this...
Fold again at the corners and join these leaves to make a straight mould like this...
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Fill these moulds with idli batter and steam boil it for 12 minutes. We can use either cooker, (without using the weight.) or a steam pot for this steam boiling...
After steam boiling it can be served with Dal and Chutney...!!
The Aroma of the jackfruit leaves makes it more tasty!!
So today I made it with some sweet 'Sheera', using Samolina.
So this was our today's breakfast menu.. :) :)
My Dad's beloved student The World Famous 'Master Chef' Vikas Khanna named it as 'Leaf - Idli', when he was studying art and painting from my Dad at our home, in the early 90 's!!.
Wishing you all a great day, Happy Ugadi Festival :) With much love, @geetharao.
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Very nice and beautiful.Dishes are looking very delicious.
This thing which is made by leaves is very beautiful.I will definitely try to make it at my home.Thanks for the method @geetharao
Nice and eco friendly and I like the idli.
Happy Ugadi. I've written a post about Ugadi too. I hope you check it. :)
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Happy Ugadi! thanks for sharing this
Thank you @mrs-cook..
Have a blessed and happy Ugadi @geetharao!
I stayed in Malaysia before and I have Indian friends...they are celebrating every year the Deepavali or Diwali, A Festival of Lights.
My favorite Indian foods are Biryani, Naan, and Mee Goreng...and we used to eat by hands with Indian friends.
Photo from pixabay
Very cool and informative post! I love South Indian food and will try cooking some myself since I recently got Madhur Jaffrey's "Vegetarian India: cookbook.
Happy new year learned a new thing,its your new year right,just dont know sorry if iam wrong,just went to some comments,amazing pictures out there,enjoy.
Thank you so much for reading my blog @christian.danny... :)
So nice i like it
Happy ugadi😍
Happy Ugadi ma'am! That plate looks delicious and thanks for sharing the interesting process.
Thank you so much Sir @jznsamuel. Sorry for the delay in replying...
Nice.
And a happy New Year to you and all steemians
I love south Indian food. One of my favourite cuisine. Your breakfast looks so yummy ! And the leaf idlis are unique. They look so soft and fluffy ! I AM HUNGRY !!!!
Wow ! Vikas Khanna was your father's art apprentice ? How awesome :)
A very Happy Ugadi and Navratra to you and your family . @geetharao :)
Thank you so much dear @nehab..., wish you the same.... :)
thank you for the good wishes, @geetharao :)
Makanan yang lezat....
Nice post
Happy “Ugadi” maam. Well in my state Assam,our main Festival “Bihu”s first day is considered as the 1st day of the Assamese new Year.
And moreover i love South Indian dishes, especially Idli & Dosa. My mother cooks them for me😄
Thanks for sharing the post with us @geetharao maam.
Have a great day ahead.
Thank you @hrisheekrayb
Welcome ma'am!
Happy Ugadi! Thank you sharing this less known leaf idli. Would like to try it.
Thank you @shilpavarma.. :)
Happy Ugadi mame.Thanks for sharing the most delicious food.
Thank you @nima11
Happy ugadi,thanks a lot for sharing about these festivals.
Thank you @aaeesha... :)
the most delicious food to eat with family..
we have rich culture,
and lot of festivals
This idli is really amazing for me. I would really try it but not sure either it works with only Jackfruit leaves or any other leaves can be used. Here it is difficult to find Jackfruit tree.
Hi Sir @chetanpadliya... Sorry for my belated reply. For that jackfruit leaf Idli, you can use banana or Anjir leaves too. But it gives you a different flavour!!