Idly

Ingredients:

• Rice-3 cup
• Urad dal(whole,skin removed)-1/2 cup
• Fenugreek seed-1/2 tspoon
• Salt to taste

Preparation of idly batter:

1. Wash urad dal and rice.
2. Soak rice and urad dal(with fenugreek seed) each in a separate bowl and add water  to soak (2 to 3 hours).
3. Grind urad dal into a fine batter in a mixer/grinder (u can use the soaked water in urad dal for grinding).
4. Similarily grind rice into a fine batter (Add fresh water for grinding).
5. Mix the two grinded batter well in another bowl.Add salt to ur taste.Mix well.
6. Close the batter with a lid and keep it for fermentation process(it needs 12 hrs,best is over night).

After fermentation u can make idly on next morning by stirring the batter well.

Preparation of idly:

Ofcourse it is not a big deal once u prepared the batter.

1. Take idly making utensil(as in above figure).Spread 1 drop of oil each into it(which helps idly to be non-sticky).
2. Pour the batter into it.
3. Boil it it in steam using pressure cooker or idly making vessel.

Idly ll be ready in 5 to 10 minutes.

Tips:

1.Dont add too much of water while grinding.U can add it while mixing the two batter.

2.For idly the batter should be somewhat tight.So dont add too much of water.
3.If u find idly hard for the first time add some more urad dal for the next time while u are grind.
More urad dal keeps idly soft.
4.You can use the same batter for dosa by adding more water into it.