shaziya'srecipes: SOFT AND FLUFFY IDLI RECIPE

Hi...... Today I'm going to share another yummy south indian breakfast idli recipe. So many people fail to make soft and fluffy idly at home. Even I use to fail so many times to make soft idlies. My mom and my aunt (maami) told me the trick to make soft idlies. It is nothing but a soft batter and fermentation. We should grind urad dal in to very smooth paste and need to ferment for 10 to 12 hours. In summer 8 to 9 hours is enough.in other states like Tamil nadu and Kerala idly is made with urad dal and rice but in andhra you mostly find idly made with rava. We here make idly with rava idly. (not soji) . So I'm presenting our idly recipe.

It well goes with sambar,coconut chutney (recipe here)and nalla karam podi. Follow my recipe to make yummy and soft idly. I hope you like this recipe and you will give this a try and let me know how it turned.

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Ingredients :

Urad dal/minapappu /white lentils : 1 cup
Idly rava : 2 cups
Cooking soda/soda bicorb : 1/4 tea spoon
Salt to taste

Method :

Soak urad dal/minapappu for 2 hours

Soak rava for 30 minutes

Now wash soaked dal and grind it with water and make a very fine paste.

Now take this into a steel or plastic container

Drain water from soaked rava squeeze the excess water from rava and add to batter.

Now mix it well and cover with lid. Let it ferment for 10 to 12 hours. If it is summer 8 to 10 hours is enough.

Now after 10 to 12 hours add salt and soda bicarbonate mix it well.

Now wet your idly mold fill molds with batter.

Now pour some water (around 250 ml to 300 ml of water) in idly stand put idly molds in it.

Cook on medium flame for 5 to 6 minutes then cook on high flame for 8 to 10 minutes.

Now dip spatula in water and remove idly from mold and serve hot.