Tousali Recipe (Idli Recipes)

Ingredients

• 1 cup raw rice (chawal)
• 3/4 cup grated coconut
• 1/2 cup grated jaggery (gur)
• 3/4 cup grated cucumber
• salt (namak) to taste
• melted ghee for greasing and cooking

Steps

1. Soak the rice in enough lukewarm water in a deep bowl for 2 hours.
2. Drain, add the coconut, jaggery and ¼ cup of water and blend in a mixer till smooth.
3. Transfer the mixture into a deep bowl, add the cucumber and salt and mix well.
4. Cover the batter with the lid and keep aside to ferment for 4 hours.
5. Heat a non-stick tava (griddle) and grease it lightly with melted ghee.
6. Pour a ladleful of the batter on the hot tava (griddle) and spread it evenly to form a 100 mm. (4”) diameter thick circle.
7. Cook on a medium flame, using a little ghee, till it turns golden brown in colour from both the sides.
8. Repeat with the remaining batter to make 9 more tousalis.
9. Serve immediately.