Idli Sambar and Chutney!!!

Idli Sambar and Chutney. Very often i cook idli for our breakfast, because i feel it is the best food to start our day. I have been thinking to take pic for a very long time, but i use to always feel very lazy and hungry after seeing hot idli and always use to postponed it to next time. On last Saturday i was very much prepared to take a pictures. So as soon as i cooked idli i took the pictures and later i served to everybody. The idli was very soft and it was going very well with spicy chutney and vegetable sambar..

Ingredients

1cup raw rice

1/2cup urad dal

1/2tsp fenugreek seeds

Salt to taste

1tbsp Oil for greasing

Water to mix

A pinch of Baking Soda (optional)

How to make Idli

Soak urad dal, fenugreek seeds and rice separately in water, for over night or about 5 hours.

After due time, grind the soaked ingredients in a mixer to make a smooth paste.

Now leave the paste aside, for about 8 hours.

Afterward add salt and baking soda to the paste. Mix well.

Pour the mixture gradually into the greased cavities of an Idli Stand.

Keep the Idli Stand in a idli cooker to steam for a 5 to 8 minutes.

Then, carefully take out the stand and remove the the idlis, using a spoon.

Repeat the procedure for the remaining mixture.

Serve them hot with chutney and sambhar.