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soft Idly


Ingredients

Idly rice 2 cups (Ponni rice if possible)
Urud dal 1 cup
cooked rice 1/2 cup
Fenugreek seeds(Methi) 1/4 tsp
Salt as per taste


Method:

* Soak Idly rice and Methi together in water for about 5-6 hours.
* Soak urud dal in water for 3 1/2 hours.
* Drain the water from urud dal and grind it in mixie with little water.
* Fine grind it until the mixture is frothy. Keep aside
* Now drain water from soaked rice and methi.
* Grind these along with cooked rice and little water in mixie.
* Now mix the ground items and add salt.
* Allow it to ferment for 16 - 18 hours. Then make idlys.
then make idly with idli cooker
P replied. Thanks for ur recipe, i feel u can add a little yeast while grinding and then no headache, the batter will rise for sure and the idlis will turn out soft.