Idly batter

Podi idly

Ingredients 

Rice - 2 cup 

Urad dal - 0.5 cup 

Salt 

Gingali oil - to spread on idly maker

Method 

Batter making: 

Wash the rice well. 

In a bowl add rice, water and soak them over night (8-9 hrs) 

Grind it well at morning (after 8-9 hrs of soaking). Add salt to it for the whole batter (including for Urad dal) and let the batter rest. 

Wash and soak the Urad dal for 30 mins in room temperature and later refrigerate it for 1 hr.

Grind Urad dal nicely with minimum water.

Now add the rice batter to the Urad dal batter and grind them together into a nice fluffy batter. The batter has to very thick and nice. 

Let the batter rest well. Once the batter rises, we can start making idly. 

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Idly making:

Spread oil and pour the batter on idly maker and cook well. 

Once it gets ready, transfer it into serving plate. 

Note: 

Proportions and soaking time duration are important. The remaining batter can be stored in refrigerator and used for making dosai, uthappams, Morappam (kuzhipaniyaram) and Karacha dosai.

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