Idli
Idli

A South Indian breakfast food, but delicious any time of day. Its light and easy to make. Steamed and best enjoyed with sambar and chutneys.

Ingredients
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    Idli rice – 200 gm. (2 cup)
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    Curd – 200 gm. (2 cup)
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    Water – 100 gm. (1 cup)
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    Salt – 3/4 tea spoon (or according to the taste)
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    Baking soda – 1/2 tea spoon.
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    Oil – 1 table spoon (to grease the idli stand)
Method
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    Whisk the curd in a bowl and add idli rice powder into it.
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    Mix them well followed by adding salt to it.
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    Whisk the mixture once again and leave the mixture for 20 minutes.
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    Put baking soda into the mixture after 20 minutes and mix it well. Make sure that the mixture should not neither too thick nor too thin.
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    Take a cooker and pour 2 small glass of water in it. Let the water warm up.
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    Meanwhile, take the idli stand and grease it with little oil.
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    Pour the mixture with the spoon in the sections of the stand.
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    You can make 12-15 idli at the same time depending on the size of the idli stand.
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    Keep the idli stand in the cooker and cover it with the lid without the whistle.
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    The idli gets cooked in 8-10 minutes. Open the lid and check whether the idli is cooked properly from inside with the help of a fork. If the fork comes out clean, then the idli is ready
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    Take out the idli stand from the cooker and let it cool down. Take out each idli from the idli stand with the help of a spoon and put them on a plate.
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    Idli is ready. Serve it with sambar, coconut chutney, Chana dal chutney or peanut chutney.