mini idli recipe| bullet idli recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 720 minutes
- Cook time: 8 minutes
- Total time: 728 minutes
- Yield: 4 Servings
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
ingredients for bullet idli batter
- 1 cup idli rava - cream of rice
- 1 cup urad dal/spilt & skinned black gram lentils
- salt as required
- water for soaking
- coconut oil to grease
Method
mini idli batter recipe:
- firstly, soak the urad dal in enough water for 4-5 hours.
- furthermore, drain the water from the urad dal and keep it aside.
- take the urad dal in the wet grinder / mixer. add some of the urad dal strained water and grind.
- however, if the batter appears too thick, add some water. grind to a smooth batter.
- after that pour in a non reactive deep pan or pot.
- furthermore, rinse the idli rava till the water runs clear of the starch.
- drain the water well from idli rava by squeezing excess water from idli rava.
- mix the squeezed idli rava to the batter well.
- make sure there are enough space for batter to raise when fermented.
- cover and ferment in warm place for atleast 6 - 8 hours.
- you can see the batter has raised slightly indicating its well fermented.
- mix the batter slightly and add salt to taste.
steaming mini idli recipe:
- brush idli moulds with oil.
- pour the batter in the idli moulds.
- additionally, place the idli stand in the steamer containing with some boiling water.
- furthermore, cover with a lid and steam the idlis for 10 minutes.
- finally, arrange the mini idlis then add more sambar on top.
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.