idli recipe

For making fluffy soft idlis you need:

·        4 cups (heaped) - raw long grain rice

·        1 cup (heaped) and 1/2 cup - split urud dhal

·        Salt to taste.

Method of preparation :

·        Pressure cook the rice without adding water in the rice for 5 minutes.

·        Allow the pressure to subside on its own.

·        Then add lukewarm water to the rice and soak it for 4 hours.

·        Just an hour before grinding, wash and soak the urad dal.

·        First grind the urad dal in the mixie.

·        Then grind the rice to a fine consistency. Not too fine as a paste of course.

·        Mix the two and add the required salt.

·        Mix thoroughly.

·        The final batter should not be too thick or too watery.

·        Allow the batter to ferment for at least 12 hours.

·        Then prepare the idli in the usual manner and really soft idlis will be got.

·        This is a very good way to prepare soft idlis by grinding in a mixie when one does not have the traditional stone grinder and also the parboiled rice.