The most popular breakfast recipe made in almost every South Indian household, for breakfast or dinner, which is now recognized worldwide as a healthy and nutritious option. Served with coconut chutney and homemade gunpowder.
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Ingredients:
· Split black gram (urad dal) - 1 cup
· Idli Rava – 2 ¾ cups
· Salt
· Oil for greasing the idli moulds
Method:
• Take a large bowl wash and soak urad dal for 2-3 hours.
• Also, soak idli rava for 1 ½ to 2 hours.
• Now drain off the water from the urad dal and transfer to the grinder. Keep the water aside. Blend It into a fine paste using very little water.
• Transfer the batter and now add idli rava. Add water and salt.
• Mix well, making sure everything is well combined. Mixing the batter with hand helps for fermentation.
• Cover and ferment the batter in a warm place for 8 hours.
• Mix the batter gently.
• Boil water in a steamer/idli cooker.
• Grease and pour the batter in the idli mould and steam the idli for 8-10 minutes or until the idlis are cooked well.
• Unmould the idlis and serve hot soft idlis with chutney, sambar, sweetened coconut milk or gunpowder.
Check the below links for the Gunpowder recipe and coconut chutney recipe: