Idli

>> Sunday, April 18, 2010


Ingredients:

Urad dal - 1 cup
Idli rava - 2 and 1/2 cups
Salt - 1/2 tsp

Procedure:

  • Clean and soak urad dal and idli rava separately for 6 to 8 hours.
  • Grind them together to a smooth batter with little water.
  • Add salt to batter and mix well.
  • Cover and keep in a warm place overnight for fermenting.
  • Once fermented mix well with a wooden spoon, allowing air to escape.
  • Grease the bottom of individual idli moulds with oil. Place batter in each idli mould.
  • Add 2 cups of water to a large vessel on medium high heat.
  • Place the idli stand in the vessel and cover and steam cook for 15 minutes.
  • Turn off the heat. Let it cool for 5 minutes.
  • Next dip a spoon in cold water and carefully remove each idli.

It is ready to be served. Goes well with groundnut chutney.

2 comments:

monisha gandhi May 19, 2010  

prabha aunty,
you are making our lives so easy now!we can access your recipes!i cant believe my good luck!its so nice to get so much experience and help from proffesional cooks like u! you will definately have a lot of good wishes from my end as i am going to try your treasure chest of recipes daily!
your measurements and recipes are so accurate so i have no doubt my cooking is going to turn out awesome like yours!thnks really for making my life easier i am going to pass this blog to my other friends as well.
thnks

Prabha May 26, 2010  

thank you manisha! my effort is to make you girls love cooking.

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