Idli

       A Healthy South-Indian breakfast!! 

Ingredients

 Measuring cup: 250 grams

Idli rice- 5 cups
Black gram/ urad dal(skinless)- 1.5 cups
Fenugreek seeds- 1 tsp
Salt- 3 tsp
Water- for grinding

Method

• Soak the black gram and rice separately for about 8 hours.
• First grind the black gram in the grinder adding water little by little. The final consistency should be smoother like butter. Transfer to a large vessel or bowl.
• Next, grind the rice adding some water. Rice need not to be buttery but into a fine paste. It can be coarse as of the ground semolina or rava.
• Mix both in the vessel to form a batter adding salt using hand.
• Cover and set aside for 8 hours to ferment.

Colder areas:

1. Set the conventional oven in warmer mode for a minute.
2. Turn off and keep the oven open for 30 seconds.
3. Keep the bowl into the oven and turn on the oven light for 8 hours.