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Recipe
Ingredients:
2 Cups Rice
1 Cup Urad Daal (white gram whole)
Pinch of Baking Soda
Oil for Greasing
Method:
A. Preparing the Batter
1) Wash Rice and Urad Dal Several times and soak them in enough water for 4 hours. Soaking overnight is recommended but 4 hours is more than enough.
2) After 4 hours drain the water and add the mixture to the wet grinder. Do not discard the water. You can use it for grinding. Grind this into a smooth batter adding water at regular intervals. (Adding water is important as this will help in bringing out soft idlis)
3) Add 2 tsp Salt and a pinch of Baking Soda to the mixture and mix it nicely with your hands or spatula.
4) Keep it in a container and allow it to ferment for 8 to 10 hours.
B. Steaming the Idlis
5) Grease the idli pan with some oil and fill each of them with ¾ th full of batter.
6) Steam cook idlis on medium flame for about 10 minutes.
7) Now Remove from flame and slide the idlis out on a plate or banana leaf with a spoon or a blunt knife.
Your Steamy Idlis are now Ready to Be Served
with some hot sambhar or cold coconut chutney.
You can also have this with a garlic / mint chutney.
This Recipe yields 12 – 15 mid sized idlis, fit for 4-5 persons.
Happy Cooking!
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