easy how to make idli without idli stand & cooker | idli in banana leaf cups | banana leaf kadubu moode
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 520 minutes
- Yield: 20 idli
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup urad dal
- 2 cup rice rava / idli rava
- 1 tsp salt
- banana leaves (to make cups)
Method
- firstly, in a large bowl take 1 cup urad dal and rinse well.
- soak in water for 4 hours.
- after soaking for 4 hours, transfer the dal to mixi jar. you can alternatively grind in a grinder.
- grind to smooth and fluffy batter adding water as required.
- transfer the batter to a large bowl.
- now in another bowl take 2 cups rice rava and rinse a couple of times.
- squeeze off the water from the rava and transfer it to the urad dal batter bowl.
- mix well using your hand. this helps to aid fermentation.
- now cover and keep in a warm place for 8 hours for fermentation.
- after 8 hours, the batter has well fermented. mix gently.
- add 1 tsp salt and mix making sure the salt is well combined.
- now to prepare the cups from banana leaf, cut the banana leaf into a round shape.
- and using a stapler, pin it up into 4 sides forming a cup.
- place the cup in the steamer and pour the batter into the molds.
- cover and steam for 20 minutes or until the idlis are cooked well.
- finally, enjoy soft idli with chutney or sambar.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.