Idli(rice cakes)

Idli(rice cakes)

Ingredients

• Boiled rice                              3 cups
• Raw rice                                1 cup
• Urad dhal                               1 cup
• Fenugreek seeds                    1/2tsp
• Salt                                        3spoons

Method

1. Soak rice and fenugreek seeds together and urad dhal seperately for 4 hours.
2. Grind urad dhal first in a wet grinder then grind the rice.
3. When the rice is ground add the urad dhal flour also into the grinder.
4. Add salt and grind for few more minutes so that it mixes well and allow it to ferment.
5. Once the flour rises and ferments pour it into idli plates and steam it for 20 minutes.
6. Serve with cocnut chutney,sambhar,kothsu,onion chutney,pudina chutney or tomato chutney.
7. It is a very easyily digestible and popular breakfast or tiffin in south indian homes.

                                                   once it has fermented it doubles in size.

                                            Grease the plate with oil and then pour the dough.

                                                                 Steam it for 20 minutes

                                                 Serve with cocnut chutney and sambhar.