Fruit before idli is fine, but the 30-minute wait isn't needed: dietician

Actor Mallika Sherawat says she eats fruit 30 minutes before her idli breakfast. Dietician Kanikka Malhotra says whole fruit adds fibre, water and vitamin C to an idli meal, which may lack fibre and protein, but the time gap offers no proven digestive benefit. There is no scientific basis for the belief that fruit ferments in the stomach alongside other foods.