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:

  1. firstly, soak the urad dal in enough water for 4-5 hours.
  2. furthermore, drain the water from the urad dal and keep it aside.
  3. take the urad dal in the wet grinder / mixer. add some of the urad dal strained water and grind.
  4. however, if the batter appears too thick, add some water. grind to a smooth batter.
  5. after that pour in a non reactive deep pan or pot.
  6. furthermore, rinse the idli rava till the water runs clear of the starch.
  7. drain the water well from idli rava by squeezing excess water from idli rava.
  8. mix the squeezed idli rava to the batter well.
  9. make sure there are enough space for batter to raise when fermented.
  10. cover and ferment in warm place for atleast 6 - 8 hours.
  11. you can see the batter has raised slightly indicating its well fermented.
  12. mix the batter slightly and add salt to taste.

steaming mini idli recipe:

  1. brush idli moulds with oil.
  2. pour the batter in the idli moulds.
  3. additionally, place the idli stand in the steamer containing with some boiling water.
  4. furthermore, cover with a lid and steam the idlis for 10 minutes.
  5. 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.