Idli batter for making soft Idli

Name: Idli batter for making soft Idli
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups Rice; 1 cup White Urad Dal; 1/2 cup Cooked Rice or Washed Poha (flattened rice); 1 tsp methi seeds (to be separately ground to a paste); As needed Water to grind the batter

Premlata Rajesh @cook_19205317

Pune Maharashtra

#grandmaI always prefer to make the Idli Batter at home as it is healthy and fresh! These days you will find that several stores would have Idli Batter in their chops and many prefer buying it from them. I only would buy the batter in case of an emergency.

While making the batter at home there are few tips and tricks that you need to follow to ensure that your batter is perfect and the outcome is your Idli's are soft.

Many of my friends in office always would want to know the proportion for making the batter. This recipe will give you all the information you require to make your Idli batter at home.

While making the batter at home there are few tips and tricks that you need to follow to ensure that your batter is perfect and the outcome is your Idli's are soft.

Many of my friends in office always would want to know the proportion for making the batter. This recipe will give you all the information you require to make your Idli batter at home.

Premlata Rajesh @cook_19205317

Pune Maharashtra

While making the batter at home there are few tips and tricks that you need to follow to ensure that your batter is perfect and the outcome is your Idli's are soft.

Many of my friends in office always would want to know the proportion for making the batter. This recipe will give you all the information you require to make your Idli batter at home.

While making the batter at home there are few tips and tricks that you need to follow to ensure that your batter is perfect and the outcome is your Idli's are soft.

Many of my friends in office always would want to know the proportion for making the batter. This recipe will give you all the information you require to make your Idli batter at home.

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Ingredients

2 cupsRice
1 cupWhite Urad Dal
1/2 cupCooked Rice or Washed Poha (flattened rice)
1 tspmethi seeds (to be separately ground to a paste)
As neededWater to grind the batter

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Steps

1

Wash and Soak Urad dal and rice separately for around 6 hours.
Drain both. Put Urad Dal in the mixer. Now add little water at a time and grind it into a smooth batter. You need to ensure that this does not get watery. Transfer this to a large container. Now take rice in the same blender and add little water and make it into a batter. You will find that there are some grits in the rice batter. Now add the cooked rice or washed Poha and grind this well.
2

Pour this over Urad dal batter. Finally grind the methi seeds to fine paste and add to the batter. Mix this very well. Cover this and let it ferment overnight or for 8 to 10 hours.
The next day, you will find that the batter has risen well. Mix this batter well. You can take required batter for making the Idli and add enough salt to the batter. Rest of the batter can be stored in the fridge for further use.
3

Few tips :
Always soak the Rice & Urad Dal in the morning around 10:30 am and grind the batter by 4:30 pm. Leave this overnight in a warm place for fermentation. Several times, the batter would overflow out of the container and so I keep a plate below the container.
You must use a large container to keep your batter. The batter should not be watery or thin... It should be thick I add cooked rice or Poha (washed flattened rice) while grinding the batter.
4

Always soak Urad Dal & Rice separately. Do not overcook / steam Idli for more than 10 minutes. During the winter season, you may add half cut onion to the batter and it will rise up. Remove the onion out of the batter in the morning.