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Ingredients
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Quantity
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Raw rice
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1 ½ cups
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Or
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Idli semolina
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1 ½
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Peeled and broken black gram daal
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1 cup
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Oil or ghee
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1 tbsp
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Salt
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to taste
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With raw
rice: Soak black gram dal and
rice in water for 6 hours. Wash, add salt, grind until think and soft.
With idli
semolina: Made from boiled
rice, this semolina gives you softer idlis. Soak gram dal and semolina
separately for 6 hours. Wash gram dal. Add salt. grind. Squeeze out the water
from the semolina. Add semolina to dal batter. Mix.
Allow dough to ferment for 6 hours. Stir. Add a little water to
get the right consistency.
Put a film of oil or ghee on idli plates. fill with idli batter.
Steam for 7 - 8 minutes. (Use 1 ½ cup water in pressure cooker. Do not use
rocker).
