Quick and easy recipe for soft and fluffy idlis

To Serve : 3 - 4

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice : 1 cup
Dhuli Urad dal : 1/4 cup
Poha : A handfull
Salt : To taste

Method:

1. Wash the rice, dal and poha thoroughly with water. 
2. Soak them in water for six hours.
3. Grind them together to a smooth paste in a mixer. The mixture should not be too thick or too thin.
4. Transfer the mixture to a vessel which can accommodate about the double the quantity and allow it to stand for about ten hours.The mixture will get fermented during this time and expands due to which we need to keep it in a large vessel, otherwise it may spill out.
5. Add salt to the mixture and mix well.
6. Pour the mixture into a idli cooker and steam it for twenty minutes.
7. Serve hot with chutney and sambar.

Note : The above proportion makes 16 small idlis. The fermentation time may vary depending upon weather. In hot weather, it may take less time whereas in cold weather, it may take more time.

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