Family recipeVegetarianBreakfastSouth Indian
Idli
Amma's notebook · Breakfast, snacks & starters, page 2
Soft steamed idlis from a simple 1:3 batter of urad dal and idli rava, fermented overnight.
Method
- Soak the dal overnight, or at least 6 hours. Wash and grind to a fine paste.
- Wash the idli rava and mix it into the dal paste. Add a little salt and leave overnight to ferment.
- Next morning, mix and make idlis.
Serve with
Chutney and Sambar.
Typed up from Amma's handwritten notebook. Her Hindi and Urdu words are kept as she wrote them.
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