Idly with Coconut Chutney

How to make South Indian Idly - Ingredients

1. Rice - 3 cups
2. Black gram dal - 1 cup
3. Salt to taste

Method to make Idly

• Soak the rice and black gram dal separately for 4 to 5 hours
• Clean the rice and dal throughly and drain.
• Grind the rice to a thick paste, adding a little salt to the dough.
• The rice paste should be little coarse to touch.
• Grind the soaked dal to a very fine smooth paste.
• Mix both the paste throughly in a large vessel and keep overnight to ferment.
• Pour batter in Idly cooker and steam well.
• Serve hot with sambar or coconut chutney.