Celebrate tasty and healthy World Idli Day
Every day somewhere in the world there'll be some celebrations, like Father's day, Mother's Day, Women's day, Aids day, Children's day, and don't what all are the days that are celebrated.
But have you heard of a celebration of a food item, ok internationally there can be Coffee day, Pizza day, then what about the Indian food, well now you have a reason to celebrate on March 30, its 'World Idli Day'.
Yes, for the last three years our favourite staple breakfast has its own day to celebrate. The delicious south Indian steamed rice cake is often eaten for breakfast with sambhar and coconut chutney and ginger chutney.
No matter what is your health condition Idli is super healthy. Its believed that World Idli Day is the brainchild of Eniyavan, who is regarded as idli king from Chennai. and officially declared March 30 as World Idli Day.
Making Idli is so simple that all you need is a basic batch of idli is urad dal, rice, flattened rice, and an idli steamer. Now you can even add up other elements to make it spicy as you like.
- Ragi Rava Idli
- Tri-colour Idli
- Oats Idli
- Tirangi Idli
- Spinach idli
- Cocktail idli
- Stuffed idli
- Chocolate idli
- Kaima idli
- Kanchipuram idli
- Ramasserry idli
and there are some 1,328 different varieties of idlis made every day.
Idli lover took no chance to express their love towards the dish, Here are some of the best tweets of World Idli Day:
Celebrating #WorldIdliDay!! If I could, I would have idli all day, every day! Safe to say that it’s one of my all-time favourite food items! Go to #CafeMadras or #AnandBhavan in Matunga, and #HanumanCafe or #HotelSaroj in Chembur for the best idlis ever! #LoveforIdli pic.twitter.com/tPm19D6Roi
— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) March 30, 2018
Today is #WorldIdliDay in honour of my favourite daily breakfast food! Began my day in Thiruvananthapuram as usual with idlis. Always marvel at the ancient geniuses who invented this greatest of all foods.... pic.twitter.com/ciUTBd9CET
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) March 30, 2018
Wow... we have days to celebrate our Food as well 🤷🏻♀️ Happie #WorldIdliDay Folks 🍛 Though I celebrate and Cherish my Food everyday. Yummmmm Idli’s it’s your day today. 🥂 to our Food and Indian Cuisine #Vegetarian #Idli #SouthIndianFood #FryYay #FridayFeeling #FoodFriday pic.twitter.com/Yn974CcWue
— Soundarya Sharma (@soundarya_20) March 30, 2018
World's best breakfast also has a day assigned to it :) #WorldIdliDay This certainly brings a smile on everyone's face. pic.twitter.com/mcewKAOROl
— Harpal Singh Sokhi (@harpalsokhi) March 30, 2018
Today is #WorldIdliDay .
— Geeta sharma🇮🇳 (@BeingGeetaS) March 30, 2018
The dish is first mentioned in a 10th century Kannada text but could actually have been invented much earlier by Indonesian chefs under the Chola empire. pic.twitter.com/hyOsDdG2hu
#WorldIdliDay , At our home in #Coimbtore Tamil Nadu , idili is served in traditional with three types of chutnies, sambar & chutnies on a fresh Banana leaf , Really miss it !! pic.twitter.com/XKPM2VZWEU
— Sheikh Khalid Jehangir (@sheikhkhalid) March 30, 2018
World Idli Day - 30th March
— Hi Hyderabad (@HiHyderabad) March 30, 2018
Every day is a festival in some part of the world or some day to celebrate our love for something. And when it comes to #Food, our #Love increases in so many levels that its often hard to define. Hyderabadis, let's celebrate #WorldIdliDay in #Hyderabad pic.twitter.com/AGldLAeiYV
#WorldIdliDay - I think this is from Arya bhavan - Matunga .....awesome stuff pic.twitter.com/bm2iHcgwbt
— Harini Calamur (@calamur) March 30, 2018
If you haven't had the masala idli at Chidambaram's in Khanna Market in Delhi, you haven't lived. #WorldIdliDay pic.twitter.com/lLgSXxd66A
— Raheel Khursheed (@Raheelk) March 30, 2018
How can I not tweet when it's #worldidliday 😆😆 because you don't need a silver fork to eat GOOD FOOD 😂😂#life #idli #GoodFriday #idliislife pic.twitter.com/cg04xCS0H6
— Yashvi Janani (@yashvijanani) March 30, 2018
A healthy breakfast loved by all...#WorldIdliDay pic.twitter.com/dNJQZuzqEu
— RK Sinha (@RKSinhaBJP) March 30, 2018