Idly maavu (Idly batter)

Ingredients

Idly rice (Idly arisi) - 3 cups
Urid dhal (Ulutham paruppu) - 1 cup
Salt - 1 and 1/2 talblespoon

When preparing large quantity, maintain the above ratio of ingredients.

Preparation

1. Coarsely grind the idly rice in a mixer grinder. The consistency must be like big rava
2. Soak the grinded rice separately and urid dhal separately for 3 hours
3. Wash both 3 to 4 times separately and drain
4. Grind the urid dhal nicely in a wet grinder to form a thick paste
5. Transfer the paste to a vessel
6. Thoroughly sqeeze the rice to drain the water
7. Add this to the urid dhal paste in the vessel
8. Add salt and mix
9. Allow this to ferment for 8 hours. If the initial batter occupies half the vessel, after fermentation the batter must occupy three fourths of the vessel.
10. Store the batter in fridge