Spokesperson: Vibhav Verma, Executive Chef, Grand Mercure Bangalore

TRI COLOR IDLIS

Ingredients

3 Cups Rava (Semolina)

5 Cups Curd

Salt To Taste

½ Fresh Coriander & Mint

2 Green Chillies

4 Tomatoes

2 Tbsp Urad Dal

1 Red Chilli

2 Tbsp Oil

Method

Mix Rava, curd and salt in a bowl and allow it to rest for 4-5 hrs.

Green paste: Grind the coriander and mint leaves together with some salt.

Red Paste: Blend chopped tomatoes, urad dal, red chilli and salt together. Add some oil and puree well. You can add garlic if you want.

Now divide the rava batter into three parts.

Mix red tomato paste to the one bowl.

Green to another bowl.

Leave one as white.

Grease your idli maker with oil and fill the three colour batter in that one by one.

Steam for about 10 minutes.

Serve idlis with sambhar and coconut chutney.

TRI COLOR SANDWICH

INGREDIENTS

8 slices of white bread

8-10 spinach leaves

3 green chillies

Grated coconut

3-4 dry red chillies

50 gm cottage cheese shredded

3 tbspoon mayonnaise

Butter

Salt

INSTRUCTIONS

Blanch the spinach for 2 min. When it cools off then puree it with green chillies and ½ tspoon salt.

Make a fine paste of coconut with dry red chillies and ½ tspoon salt with 2 spoons of water. This would make Saffron layer of the sandwich.

Cut the edges of bread slices.

Apply melted butter on one side of all the slices.

Apply the green paste generously on a slice and make that slice as a bottom layer.

Place one slice over it and apply mayonnaise on other side of that slice. Sprinkle the paneer over it so as to make a smooth layer.

Place third slice over it and apply saffron paste uniformly over it. Place fourth slice over it as a top layer.

Tri color sandwich is ready to be served.

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