Idly is the most popular breakfast dish in south india. The average south indian consumes idly as his/her breakfast for atleast 3 days a week. It is also a easily digestable food. Idly goes very well with milagai podi (gun powder) different chutneys and sambar
Ingredients:
Parboiled Rice - 4 cups
Urdhal - 1 Cup
Salt - To taste
Parboiled Rice - 4 cups
Urdhal - 1 Cup
Salt - To taste
Method:
- Soak the rice and urdhal separately in water for 2 hours
- Grind the urdhal first in grinder by adding water little by little and grind it atleast for 20 mins
- Then take the urdhal batter in a separate vessel and add the drained rice to the grinder and grind it till it comes to a soft batter
- Finally mix the both batters and add the salt and keep it separately for atleast 12 hours for the batter to undergo fermentation
- Idly batter is ready to use. Pour the idly batter in the idly plates and cook it in pressure cooker and serve with milagai podi (gun powder) , chutneys and sambar
