KANCHIPURAM IDLI RECIPE

Kanchipuram Idli Recipe Difficulty Easy Rating 10.0 / 10 ( 2 votes) Recipe Type Veg.

Ingredients: • 1 cup Rice • 1 cup Urad Dal (Black Lentils) • 1 tsp Pepper • 1 tsp Ginger, chopped • 1 tsp Cashew, broken into small pieces • 1 tbsp Curd • ½ tsp Cumin Seeds • 2 tsp Ghee • Oil (as required) • Salt to taste • 6-8 Curry Leaves • Oil How to make Kanchipuram Idli: • Soak the rice and dal separately in two containers in water for around 6 hours. • Make a smooth paste of the dal in a mixer. • Make a coarse paste of the rice. • Mix the rice and dal paste and add to it ½ tsp of salt. • Keep the mixture overnight for fermentation. • In a pan, heat ghee and add cumin seeds. Once it sputters, add chopped ginger, curry leaves, cashew nuts and pepper. • Now, put the above made mixture in the rice-dal batter along with curd. Mix well. • Grease the idli plates with oil and fill them up with the mixture. • Steam them in the idli cooker for 20 to 30 minutes. • Serve hot Kanchipuram idlis with chutney.