Showing posts with label Idly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Idly. Show all posts

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.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Varieties of tiffin - Idli, Idly

VARIETIES OF TIFFIN
1.IDLI-1

Ingredients

  • Blackgram dhal - 1/2 cup
  • Parboiled rice - 1 and a half cup
  • salt - 1 and a half tsp
  • fenugreek - 1 tsp
Method of preparation

Soak dhal and rice separately for 3-4 hrs. Soak fenugreek with the dhal itself.(Wash them twice or thrice before soaking). Grind rice into a rough mass. Then grind dhal till it becomes very smooth and soft. Mix it with the rice mass. Add salt and mix well. Use a big vessel to keep the batter, because when it ferments it will increase in volume.

Next day, prepare and steam idlies in pressure cooker or idli vessel or idli cooker in a idli plates.

You can also make mini idlies using this batter. The right combination for this idli is sambar. You can prepare any chutney for this.