Hello everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I gonna show you a way to make a special dish, Idli-South Indian soft pillowy steamed lentil rice cake one of my favorites . For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really deliciou

The Ingredients need to make Idli-South Indian soft pillowy steamed lentil rice cakes:

1. Prepare 3 cup of idli rice
2. You need 1 cup of Poha (beaten rice)
3. Prepare 1 cup of urad dal (split white lentils)
4. You need as per taste of salt
5. It’s as per taste of water
6. Prepare as needed of oil for greasing

Step to make Idli-South Indian soft pillowy steamed lentil rice cakes:

1. Clean, wash rice and soak it along with poha with enough Clean, wash and soak urad dal in enough Rice and daal both should be soaked seperately and minimum for 5 hour When rice and dal are ready for grinding, strain the water from dal and reserve it for grinding. Grind dal to smooth fluffy consistency using the reserved dal Pour the dal batter in container having more than double the volume of the the batter. Drain the water from the rice.
2. Add rice in a grinder and grind it to a smooth paste. If water is required for grinding rice, use little reserved dal Mix both the batter very well. you may add little water if the batter is too thick. The batter should have medium pouring consistency that coats the back of the spoon. Cover the batter lightly and keep it in a warm place to ferment for minimum 8 hour Do not cover the batter with tight lid. After the batter is fermented well, it will rise to more than double in volume and
3. Add salt to taste and gently swirl the batter, do not over mix it. Add some water and allow it to boil in either pressure cooker or idli maker/steamer Grease the idli mold and pour the portion of batter in each mold. Place the mold in the idli steamer or pressure cooker. Alow it to steam for approx 12-15 minute Check the idlis with tooth pick, if it comes out clean, then yummy spongy idlis are ready. Take out the mold and let it rest for 3-4 minute Scoop out the idlis from the mold Enjoy

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