Name: Idli Sambhar !!! recipe by Anjali Suresh at BetterButter
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 37 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: For the sambhar : -; Tuvar dal- 1 katori; Raddish - 5 peeled & cut into about 1 /2 cm thick round slices; Drumsticks - 2 washed and cut into about 2 inches long; Onion - 2 cut into slices; Tomato - 1 cut into medium sized cubes; Coconut - 1/2 cup; Tamarind pulp - 1 tbspn; Turmeric powder- 1/2 tspn; Red chilly powder- 1/2 tspn; Sambhar powder- 3 tspn; Mustard Seeds- 1 tspn; Dry Red Chilly -1; Oil - 2 tbspn; Hing- 1/4 tspn; Curry leaves- few; Coriander leaves- 2 tbspn finely chopped; water for cooking; Salt to taste; ------------------------------------; For the idli; Idli rice- 2 cups; Raw Rice- 1 cup; Urad Dal - 1 cup; Methi seeds- 1 tspn; Poha - 2 handfuls; Salt to taste; Oil- 1 tspn; Water as per requirement

Ingredients Serving: 4

For the sambhar : -
Tuvar dal- 1 katori
Raddish - 5 peeled & cut into about 1 /2 cm thick round slices
Drumsticks - 2 washed and cut into about 2 inches long
Onion - 2 cut into slices
Tomato - 1 cut into medium sized cubes
Coconut - 1/2 cup
Tamarind pulp - 1 tbspn
Turmeric powder- 1/2 tspn
Red chilly powder- 1/2 tspn
Sambhar powder- 3 tspn
Mustard Seeds- 1 tspn
Dry Red Chilly -1
Oil - 2 tbspn
Hing- 1/4 tspn
Curry leaves- few
Coriander leaves- 2 tbspn finely chopped
water for cooking
Salt to taste
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For the idli
Idli rice- 2 cups
Raw Rice- 1 cup
Urad Dal - 1 cup
Methi seeds- 1 tspn
Poha - 2 handfuls
Salt to taste
Oil- 1 tspn
Water as per requirement

Instructions

Wash and boil the tuvar dal and keep aside.
Now add the raddish,onion,tomato and drumstick pieces in a big vessel...
Put some water add little salt and turmeric powder...let it cook on medium flame for a few minutes....
When it is nearly cooked pour the tamarind pulp diluted with water in the vessel...mix well...and let it boil....
In the meantime in a small kadhai put some oil, when hot add the grated coconut and fry for a few minutes....till slightly brown ...now turn off the gas ...put the sambhar powder and chilly powder....
When slightly cool Grind this to a smooth paste
Now mash the Dal well and pour it into the vessel with boiled vegetables...
Add in the ground paste also....pour sufficient water and check salt ....add bring to a boil ....
Now take a tadka pan put oil and when hot add mustard seeds,hing,dry red chilly and curry leaves....when it splutters pour this over the sambhar....
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot....
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Now for the Idli ....
Wash the idli rice and raw rice well and soak it along with methi seeds for 5 to 6 hours....
Similarly wash and soak the urad dal also
Soak the poha just before grinding the rice ....
After soaking the rice take a mixer and grind the rice,methi seeds and poha together...
Then grind the urad dal to a smooth paste.
Pour all this in a big vessel....then add salt and mix the batter well.
Keep it for fermentation for 8 to 10 hours depending upon the climate....
Once the batter ferments well...check salt....if less...add some more...
Similarly check the consistency of the batter ...
It should not be very thick ..if thick add little water....
Now grease the Idli plates with oil....and pour the batter into the plates ..
Steam for 10 minutes ...It will look like this ...
Later remove from Idli plates and serve hot with chutney or sambhar....
Idli recipe courtesy:- Vidya Narayanan

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