Make Healthy Breakfast For Your Family With Idli And Sambar

Usually, South Indians do not prefer to use much oil and spices in their daily meals. Hence, simple recipes of idli are favourites in most of the South Indian households. Now, World Health Organization has declared idli to be one of the healthiest cuisines in the world, due to the oil-free recipe of this popular dish. So it is now preferred as the breakfast item in other parts of India too. Sambar is the ideal side dish served with idli, which is full of healthy nutrients and forms a wholesome meal for vegetarians.

Useful information about nutrients present in idli sambar 

Idli Sambar

Idli is actually a rice cake that is made by steaming a batter made of ground rice and black grams. Idli can be eaten even by infants and aged people, as they do not face any problem in chewing this soft and fluffy food. One idli is found to provide 39 calories, which makes it an ideal food in the diet for weight loss of overweight people.

The fermentation of the batter of parboiled rice and black gram simplifies the starch and other complex nutrients, which can be easily absorbed by the body cells. People can make idli healthier by adding various other ingredients to the main batter. More fibres can be added by preparing multigrain idli recipe that can improve the condition of the digestive system.

Sambar is an essential companion of idli, which is prepared from red lentils and other pulses, which are rich sources of proteins for making body cells stronger and healthier. Tamarind is added to this soup for the desired sour taste, which provides carbohydrates, proteins, fibres, and a healthy amount of sugar. Now, readymade sambar powder is available for helping in faster cooking of this tasty dish. People are free to add different types of vegetables to this cuisine, which enhance the nutrients of this food to a huge extent. Pumpkin, onions, and drumstick are the popular vegetables that are preferred for adding in sambar.

Very little oil is needed to cook both idli and sambar, which makes it the perfect meal for filling the appetite of people, without increasing their cholesterol levels. Now, packs of instant Rava idli is available, which contains semolina in the idli mix and makes a healthy and quick breakfast. The availability of readymade sambar masala has saved the effort of processing different Indian spices that are used for making sambar.

People now fuse other recipes with that of idli, to make idli pizza with innovative toppings or idli salad with other yummy ingredients. However, these South Indian delicacies never go out of fashion and people love to see idli sambar on their breakfast tables. Though many other South Indian dishes, like Dosa and Vada, are also popular, people find idli to be the easiest, accompanied by sambar.