easy idli recipe | how to make idli | soft idli recipe | idli with idli rava
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 30 idli
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup urad dal
- 2 cup idli rava / rice rava / cream of rice
- 1 tsp salt
- oil to grease
Method
- firstly, in a large bowl soak 1 cup urad dal for 4 hours.
- drain off the water and transfer to blender or grinder.
- blend to smooth and fluffy batter adding water as required.
- transfer the batter to a large bowl. keep aside.
- now in another bowl take 2 cup idli rava.
- rinse the idli rava with enough water and drain off the water.
- repeat this for 2 or 3 times or till water runs clean.
- squeeze off water from idli rava and add to urad dal batter.
- mix well making sure rava and urad dal are combined well.
- now cover and rest in warm place for 8-10 hours or till the batter ferments and doubles.
- after 8 hours, batter doubles indicating well fermented with air pockets present.
- add 1 tsp salt to the batter and mix gently without disturbing the air pockets.
- scoop the batter into idli plate greased with oil.
- place in steamer and steam for 10 minutes on medium flame or till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- finally, soft idli recipe are ready to serve along with chutney and 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.