Idli-sambar to be served in Delhi govt schools under revised PM-Poshan menu

The revised menu replaces some of the existing meal items and includes poori with black chana gravy, rice with chhole and mashed vegetables, poori with chhole.

Idli-sambar will soon be on the plates of students in Delhi government schools, with the dish set to be introduced within two weeks under a revised PM-Poshan menu that also replaces ragi halwa with wheat flour and chana masala, and vegetable daliya with jowar and bajra.

Idli is a popular Indian breakfast. (Shutterstock)

The Directorate of Education has directed the schools and agencies to make the necessary arrangements by August 24.

The revised menu replaces some of the existing meal items and includes poori with black chana gravy, rice with chhole and mashed vegetables, poori with chhole, rice with dal and rice with kadhi, according to an order issued by DoE on Monday.

While most of the revised menu will come into force immediately, idli with sambar has been given a two-week transition period as its preparation requires specific equipment, specialised ingredients, dedicated infrastructure and trained manpower, it said.