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Idli Batter

Ingredients
..3 Bowl Rice
..1 Bowl Udad daal
..soda
..dahee
Procedure
1..Soak all daals in the water for 12 hrs
2..Drain extra water.Make a paste,grind them.
3..Add 1 tsp dahee n 1/4 tsp soda.
4..Allow to ferment for 12 hrs more.Close the lid of the vessel.

Procedure to make Steam Idlis

1..Take the fermented batter of the idli,Add salt n water as requires.
2..Steam in a idli steamer
3..Serve hot with idli chutney and sambar

Note: Can eat hot idlis with Ghee.



Procedure to make Microwavable Idlis

* Soak the rice and the dal for 2 hours.
* Grind the rice and the dal separately.
* Mix both the pastes along with a little salt and allow it to ferment overnight.
* Grease small bowls and pour the batter into them and place them in a circular
way in the turntable.
* Cook on high mode for 2 minutes.
* Repeat the procedure for the rest of the batter.



Sambar




Procedure

1..Take 1 bowl paste of boiled tuvar daal
2..Tadka of oil,curry leaves,mustard,cumin,red chillies,green chillies
3..Add turmeric
4..Add onion ,tomato,green pease,capsicum,carrot pieces,potato pieces.
5..Add the tuvar daal paste,sufficient water.
6..Add sambar masala,chilly powder,salt,sugar,tamarind,hing
7..Stril n boil for 5 min
8..Add cilantro
9..Serve hot with idli or medu wada.





Idli Fry

Ingredients

..Left over Idli
..Chopped Onions,tomatoes,capsicum,cilantro
..Lemon Juice
..Green chilly pieces
..Red chilly powder
..Salt
..Sugar
..Turmeric
..Oil
..Mustard
..Cumin




Procedure

1..Cut each idli into 4 equal parts.
2..Deep fry it,for health concious people you can skip this step.
3..Take oil in a pan
4..Add mustard,cumin,chilly pieces
5..Add Onion n tomato ,capsicum pieces
6..Add turmeric
7..Add idli pieces,mix well
8..Add spices,sugar,salt
9..Serve hot,garnish with cilantro ,add 2 drops of lemon juice.

Chilled Curd Idlis


INGREDIENTS

Chilled curds 4 cups; idlis 24 ; carrots 1 cup; oil 1 1/2 tablespoon; coriander leaves 1 tablespoon; mustard 1/4th teaspoon; salt 1/2 teaspoon; hing powder pinch; chopped green chillies 4.

METHOD

Make Idlis as usual way. Cool them. Beat curd adding a cup of water, add salt to it.If preferred 1/2 teaspoon of sugar. Grate carrots and chop coriander leaves. Heat 1/2 tabs oil, add mustard.When mustard splutters add hing, pour on to the curds. Keep half the curds mixture aside. Soak the idlis in the other half of the curd mixture and keep in the fridge to chill well. To serve - fry chillies in the remaining oil. Place the soaked idlis in an attractive platter, cover them wih the remaining curd mixture- scatter the fried chillies over them, and decorate with grated carrots and coriander leaves. This is really very refreshing in hot weather.