Ingredients
Raw rice (pachcharisi) - 3 cup
Urid dhal (ulutham paruppu) - 1 cup
Pepper (milagu) - 1 teaspoon
Jeera - 1 teaspoon
Dry ginger (sukku) - 1 small piece
Asafoetida - 1/2 teaspoon
Gingely oil (nallennai) - 1 tablespoon
Sunflower oil- 1 tablespoon
Ghee - 1 tablespoon
Whichever cup you use, maintain the above ratio
Maavu (Batter) Preparation
- Soak raw rice and urid dhal in same vessel for 4 hours
- Wash this thoroughly 4 times and drain the water
- Coarsely grind the rice and urid dhal in a mixer grinder
- Transfer this to a vessel
- Add salt and mix
- 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.
- Coarsely grind the pepper, jeera and dry ginger in a mixer grinder. (Just grind for few seconds)
- Mix this with batter
- Lightly heat gingely oil, sunflower oil, ghee and mix this with batter
- Store the batter in fridge
Idly Preparation
Idly can be made using a regular idly plate (OR) For making large sized idly, use a cooker vessel. After cooking you can make pieces of idly.
If using idly plate :
If using cooker vessel :
If using idly plate :
- Fill the idly plates with batter
- Keep the plate in a pressure cooker
- Add 2 tumblers of water in the cooker and steam for 10 minutes (without using a whistle)
- During cooking, after five or six minutes, check whether water is present in cooker. If not add 2 tumblers of water again in the cooker
If using cooker vessel :
- For making idly for 2 persons, use 6 ladles (kuzhi karandi) of batter
- Fill the batter in a vessel. Vessel must be able to hold double the size of batter quantity, as the batter size will double when idly is prepared.
- Keep this inside a pressure cooker
- Stove must be in low flame
- Add 2 tumblers of water in the cooker and steam for 20 minutes (without using a whistle)
- During cooking, every 5 minutes, check whether water is present in cooker. If not add 2 tumblers of water again in the cooker
- Cut the idly into cakes of required size
- For preparing idly for 4 or 6 people, you can use 2 or 3 vessels of same size in the pressure cooker
Vanakkam!
ReplyDeleteIs there an alternative to gingelly oil? I don't find it easily here! But this is one of my fav and I want to try this recipe.
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ReplyDeleteWhat is the ideal side dish for Kanchipuram idly ?
ReplyDeleteKathirikka gothsu is best!
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