How to make Soft & fluffy Idly batter

by Aparna Rajesh 10:26 PM 0 comments Batter Fluffy How to do How to make Idly Soft Veg

Today I am going to tell you how to make Soft & fluffy Idly batter.

My recipe is simple and easy to make. No long sentence. I will keep the recipe simple and short.

I personally like Idly very much and most of Indians don't like it.

I am going to list few of advantages for better understanding of Idly.

• You will reduce weight
• Better digestion & Healthy
• Acts like a nutritional supplement
• Rich source of carbohydrates, fibres and proteins & many more..

What do you need to start / Ingredients:
Idly Rice (Par boiled rice) – 3 cup
Raw Rice (patcha arisi) – 1 cup
Whole Urad dal – 1 and ½ cup
Fenugreek – 2 tablespoon
Poha (Aval) – 1 cup
Salt – as required

How to do? / Direction:

• Wash / Rinse Idly Rice, Raw rice and poha. And rinse urad dal separately.
• Soak idly rice, raw rice and poha in water for 5 to 6 hours.
• Soak urad dal with fenugreek separately in a bowl for 5 hours. Don’t rinse the water. We can use that water at the time of grinding.
• Firstly grind rice for 30 to 35 mins with preserve water. Don’t add too much of water at the beginning stage. Grind rice as coarse paste. Add water little by little. Consistency of batter is not thin or thick. 
• Grind urad dal and fenugreek with preserve water for 45 mins. You can get fluffy and soft batter.
• Pour urad dal batter first in a large size bowl / vessel.  Add rice batter into it. Then, add salt in the bowl mix well with your hands.
• Lid the bowl and leave it for 7 to 8 hours / overnight for ferment.
• Mix the fermented batter well. It is ready to prepare soft, fluffy and yummy idly.

Tips:

• You can also use cooked rice for poha. 
• You can use ice water for grinding the urad dal batter.
• If you are not to make use of the batter right away, don’t need to ferment the batter. You can refrigerate it.
• For Soft & fluffy idlies make sure that you are using Best quality of urad dal & rice.
• Don’t use old stock or low quality of urad dal.
• We can use black urad dal also. It Is good for health.
• The fermenting time varies depends upon the temperature and weather conditions.
• We can also use this batter for dosa too.. 

Please try this recipe and give me your lovely feedback.