Soft Cashew-Studded South-Indian Steamed Semolina Breads (Rawa Idli)
Ingredients Split urad dal, soaked in warm water for 2 hours – 2 tbsp Large dried red chili, sliced – 1 Raw cashews, chopped coarsely 2 tbsp Black mustard seeds – 1½ tbsp Ghee – 3 tbsp Coarse semolina – 1¼ cups Baking soda – 1 tsp Paking powder – ¾ tsp Salt – 2 tsp Yogurt – 1¼ cups Warm water – ½ – 1 cup Ghee or oil for greasing the moulds Preparation Heavily oil the...
Urd Dahl Dosa
Ingredients • Urad dahl, skinned, split or whole – 1 cup • Short grained rice – 2 cups • Water • Salt – 1 tbsp • Sugar – 1 tbsp • Chopped coriander leaves (or 1 t coriander powder if unavailable) – 2 tbsp • Chilies, minced (or 1/2 t cayenne or ground black pepper) – 1-2 • Ghee for frying • You will need a blender or food processor. Preparation 1. Sort, wash and soak the urd and rice together for at...
Idlis
Ingredients • 2 Cups rice • 1 C split urad dal without skins (if grinding in a wet stonegrinder, use ½ C urad dal) • 1½ C water (or as needed) • 1½ Tsp salt Preparation 1. Wash thoroughly the rice and urad dal. Soak them separately in water for 8 hours or overnight. 2. Drain the rice and dal. In a food processor or wet grinder, first grind the dal, to a fine paste by adding water little by little or as required. Scrape often to...
Kanjeevaram Idli
Ingredients • Par boiled rice – 1 cup • Raw rice – 1 cup • Split black gram or urad dal – ¾ cup • Dried ginger (sukku in Tamil) – small piece • Asafetida – 2 pinch • Cooking soda – pinch (optional) • Salt – as per taste For seasoning: • Mustard – 1 tsp • Urad dal – 1 tsp • Bengal gram – 1 tsp • Chopped cashew nut – 1 big tbsp • Crushed pepper – 1 tbsp • Cumin seed...
Uttapam
Ingredients • Raw rice – 3 Cups • Minced ginger – 1 Spoon • Urad dal – 1 Cup • Chopped coriander leaves – 2 tbsp • Chopped green chilies – 2-3 • Salt to taste • Cooking oil – as required. Preparation 1. Wash urad dal and rice separately. 2. Soak in water for 3 hours in two bowls. 3. Blend them separately to smooth paste using some water. 4. Mix them and add the salt. 5. Keep it for the whole night....