Ingredients:
- Red rice 2 cups
- Urad dal 3/4 cups
- Rice flakes 1 cup
- Fenugreek seeds 2 tsp
- Salt
- Wash the rice 4-5 times and soak for 4 hours
- Wash urad dal and fenugreek seeds once and soak for 4 hours
- Soak rice flakes for 10 minutes
- After 4 hours transfer the dal, fenugreek seeds and salt to blender jar
- Add dal soaked water as needed and blend to a thick , smooth and frothy batter
- Transfer this to a big vessel
- Blend rice a little coarse batter using dal soaked water
- Blend rice flakes to a smooth paste
- Combine everything together and mix with your clean hand for 4-5 minutes
- The batter should not be too thin or too thick
- Cover the vessel and keep in a warm place for fermentation
- This batter will ferment faster than your regular idli batter as it contains more nutrients for the microorganisms
- Once fermented the batter will look fluffy and airy
- To make idli, grease the idli plate with butter
- Place it in the steamer
- Fill it withe batter
- Steam for 8 minutes
- Remove from from steamer
- Set aside to cool down for 2-3 minutes
- With the help of a spoon remove from the mold
- Serve with chutney or sambar
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