Khotto / Hittu

The famous Konkani recipe. Idlis are prepared by using small cups made of jack fruit leaves.The chlorophyll from jack fruit leaves imparts  flavor  ,which will give special taste to idlis. For 20 cups,  you need around 80 jack fruit leaves.The idlis so prepared is served along with sambar or chutney. The preparation has to be started a day in advance, since the batter has to be fermented.


Ingredients:
Jack fruit leaves - 80
Urad dal-1 cup
Dry thin sticks - For "sewing" the jack-fruit cups: Mainly coconut leaves sticks or curry leaves sticks.
Rice rava /suji (Idli rava)or wheat rava -2 cup
Water (1/2 to 1 cup) to prepare batter


Method for jack fruit basket:

4 leaves are required to form 1 cup.
Take two leaves first

Take one more leave in between and connect it using sticks.

Take one more leaves on other side and connect it using sticks

Take two leaves at a time and connect it using stick,make sure that all the edges are fully closed there is no hole in between.

Cut it as shown below.

If only a single leaf is left, fold it in a cone shape

Preparing the batter: Grind urad dal, along with rava and water. Add salt as per taste. Leave the grinded mixture in a vessel for 12 hours so that fermentation of the batter can take place.

Pour the batter in to jackfruit leaf cup .Cook it in  pressure cooker for about 15-20 min. Don't use pressure regulator. Remove the idlis, after allowing for the vessel to cool down. Enjoy the hot , steaming and Eco-friendly Idlis!!!