Soft Idly

Preparation time - 15 mins
Pre- preparation required.

Ingredients:

• Urad dal - 1/4 cup
• Idly rava/Rice semolina - 1 cup
• Beaten rice - fistful
• Fenugreek - 1/2 sp
• Salt - 1tsp
• Cookin soda - 1/8 th sp

Method:

Soak urad dal, fenugreek, beaten rice in a bowl and Idly rava/rice semolina in another bowl separately for around 6 -8 hours. Then prepare smooth paste of soaked urad dal, fenugreek and beaten rice, keep it aside. 

In a jar add soaked rice semolina, and just run for few seconds if required and mix it with above prepared urad dal paste. Add salt and cooking soda mix well and keep it aside for approx 8 hrs. The batter should be very thick in consistency. Usually rice and dal are soaked the previous day and grind in the eve so that we can prepare smooth idly the next day morning for breakfast.

Just before you start to prepare idly add 4-5 tsp of oil into idly batter and mix well, pour them into greased idly moulds, Place it in a steam cooker or a pressure cooker and cook for 15 mins without placing weights.

Now remove idly moulds, sprinkle a spoon of cold water to demould them neatly, serve hot with samabr and coconut chutney or mint chutney.