Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Varieties of tiffin - Idli (type 2), Idly

IDLI - 2
Ingredients

  • Parboiled rice - 1 and a half cup
  • Blackgram dhal - 1/2 cup
  • fenugreek - 1tsp
  • salt - 1 and a half tsp
Method of preparation
Soak rice, wash and drain immediately.Spread it on a cloth. Dry it in a shade. It should be broken into nice rava in a mill. Soak dhal seperately for 3 hours and grind into very soft and smooth batter.Mix the broken rice rava with dhal batter. Add salt and mix well till the salt dissolves.

The next day make and steam idlies in a pressure cooker or idli vessels. You can make mini idlies also with this batter. And serve with sambar or chutney.
To make mini idlies you should use mini idli plates. Children will like this idli very much with sambar.

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