IDLY BATTER

Ingredients:

Idly rice - 4 cups

Urad dal - 1 cup 

Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp 

Salt 

Method:

Wash the idly rice and urad dal seperately.

Soak the urad dal and rice seperately in vessel with fenugreek se

eds in urad dal.

Grind the urad dal first in grinder or blender with little water. Grind it till it becomes soft and weightless. Remove it in a big vessel.

Then add rice and grind it smoothly.

Mix both in a vessel, using a spatula or hand and add salt to the batter.

Keep the batter in warm place  for fermentation till it rise up.

It may take 1 day or even 1 and 1/2 days to rise up.

To make idlies:

Take a batter from refrigerator and keep it out for 10-15 min.

Grease the idly plate with oil and pour spoonful of batter. Fill all the plates with idly batter and steam it for 10-15 min.

Serve with any chutney or Idly podi.