Name: Kancipuram Idly recipe by Nirupama Mohanty at BetterButter
Prep time: 600 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 620 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 cup rice; 1/2 cup urad dal; Salt to taste; A pinch of turmeric powder; 1/2 tsp ginger paste; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 3 to 4 black peppercorns; 1 tsp oil; For tempering............; 1/2 tsp Chana dal; 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp urad dal; 1 tsp chopped green chillies; 2 tsp chopped cashew nuts; Few curry leaves; 1/2 tsp hing; Oil for greasing

ABOUT Kancipuram Idly RECIPE

Healthy Souh indian breakfast a unique steamed rice cake that has a distinct flavor of ginger , cumin and peppercorns

Ingredients Serving: 4

1 cup rice
1/2 cup urad dal
Salt to taste
A pinch of turmeric powder
1/2 tsp ginger paste
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
3 to 4 black peppercorns
1 tsp oil
For tempering............
1/2 tsp Chana dal
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp urad dal
1 tsp chopped green chillies
2 tsp chopped cashew nuts
Few curry leaves
1/2 tsp hing
Oil for greasing

Instructions

Soaked urad dal and rice with water separately for 3 to 4 hours
Wash and drain the water , mix well and blend for smooth paste
Cover it with a lid and keep aside to ferment in a warm place for 10 to 12 hours or overnight
After formation add salt , turmeric powder and ginger paste mix well
Now combine the cumin seeds and black peppercorns in a mortal pestle , crush to a coarse mixture and keep aside
Heat pan , add oil , chana dal , and saute on a medium for 1 minutes
Now add mustard seeds , hing , urad dal cumin seeds and black peppercorns mixture , chopped green chillies and saute
Now add cashew nuts and curry leaves and saute
Now add this tempering to the batter , mix well
Now pour spoonful of the batter into each of the greased idly moulds
Steam in an idly steamer for 10 minutes or till they are cooked
Reapete with the remaining batter to make more idlies
Allow the idlies to cool slightly and then demould
Serve hot with sambar and coconut chutney

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