Procedure :🔗

• Soak the rice for half an hour. After that clean the rice and drain the water . Then put the rice in the mortar and grind it .

• Keep the rice in a lead coated vessel which can hold 3000gms of water.

• Soak the urad dal for 1 hour , after that grind it smooth like butter. To this add the rice and mix it using water as needed. Keep the mixture undisturbed for whole day.

• Next day add the pepper,cumin seeds,powdered crystal salt,ghee,chopped green chilly,chopped coriander leaves,gram dal,grated coconut,asafoetida(dissolve it in water),dry ginger powder to the fermented batter.

• Lastly add the lemon juice.

• Take the vessel which is used to steam idli and fill it with half the amount of water. When the water starts to boil close it with the lid. Then place a banana leaf coated with oil on the idli plate and pour 2 laddle full of batter. Again close it with banana leaf coated with oil. Repeat the process for one more idli plate and close it with lid.

• After 15 minutes (when water comes out from the lid like drops) open it. Sprinkle water on the leaf and take the idli out. Repeat the process for the rest of the batter.

310. Cream of Wheat Idli