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Kanchipuram Idli

Jul-03-2018
Rekha Unni
670 minutes
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
4 People
Serves
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ABOUT Kanchipuram Idli RECIPE

Traditionally offered to God as prasadam, this idli is dense in texture and delicious due to spices and cooked in mandharai leaves. The leaves add a typical flavour to idlis. Since its difficult to obtain in my city, I had to skip it. You can make them in big pan and slice as cakes or in small katoris/ bowls

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Easy
  • Festive
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Blending
  • Boiling
  • Steaming
  • Breakfast and Brunch
  • Healthy

Ingredients Serving: 4

  1. 1/2 cup idli rice
  2. 1/2 cup Raw rice
  3. Half cup Urad dal
  4. 1/4 teaspoon Fenugreek Seeds
  5. Salt to taste
  6. 1 tablespoon ghee
  7. half teaspoon cumin seeds
  8. half teaspoon peppercorns
  9. Pinch of hing
  10. 1 Tbsp Chana dal
  11. 1/4 cup hot water
  12. 1/4 teaspoon Ginger powder
  13. 8-10 cashews chopped
  14. 1 sprig curry leaves chopped
  15. water as required for cleaning , soaking and steaming
  16. Little oil for greasing
  17. Banana leaf optional

Instructions

  1. CLEAN, WASH AND SOAK RICE AND URAD DAL TOGETHER OR SEPARATELY WITH FENUGREEK SEEDS FOR 4-5 HOURS. DRAIN EXCESS WATER, GRIND TO COARSELY TO A THICK IDLI BATTER.
  2. ADD SALT TO BATTER AND MIX WELL. COVER AND FERMENT FOR 7-8 HOURS
  3. SOAK CHANA DAL IN BOILING WATER FOR 30 MINUTES.
  4. GROUND PEPPERCORNS AND CUMIN SEEDS COARSELY.
  5. BOIL WATER IN IDLI PAN. PLACE BANANA LEAF AND GREASE OR DIRECTLY GREASE IDLI MOULD/ BIG PAN/BOWL
  6. STIR FERMENTED BATTER. MELT GHEE IN A PAN. ADD GROUND PEPPER AND CUMIN SEEDS. STIR FOR A MINUTE. ADD CASHEWS AND FRY UNTIL GOLDEN BROWN.
  7. ADD CURRY LEAVES AND HING. SAUTE FOR FEW SECONDS. TURN OFF THE STOVE. ADD SEASONING TO THE BATTER AND MIX WELL.
  8. ADD SOAKED CHANA DAL AND GINGER POWDER. MIX WELL. POUR THE BATTER INTO PREPARED MOULD. FOR PAN OR BOWL, FILL ONLY UPTO 3/4TH LEVEL
  9. PLACE IN IDLI PAN. COVER AND STEAM FOR 15-20 MINUTES ON MEDIUM HEAT. KNIFE OR TOOTHPICK INSERTED INTO CENTRE SHOULD COME OUT CLEAN
  10. ALLOW TO COOL FOR 2-3 MINUTES AND DEMOULD. SERVE HOT WITH CHUTNEY/SAMBAR

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Shikha Roy
Jul-05-2018
Shikha Roy   Jul-05-2018

Such an amazing dish.

ume hany
Jul-03-2018
ume hany   Jul-03-2018

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