IDLI SAMBAR

Idli- Sambar is South Indians all time fav. Here i have made rice idli some ppl use rava instead of rice with urad dal. But i prefer rice idli as it comes out very soft and more tasty. There are many ways to prepare sambar but i like the way my maternal aunt prepares. I used to visit her place on sundays to eat Idli-Vada-Sambar. Lalitha aunt is a gr8 cook, though her cooking is bit tedious but tastier.

Idli
Ingredients :-
Rice- 3 cups
Urad dal- 1 cup
Cooked rice- 1/2 cup
salt a pinch

Procedure:-

• Soak rice and urad dal for 7-8 hrs.
• Grind dal, rice and cooked rice into a fine batter.Mix them together.
• Keep it overnight.
• Morning add salt and stri the batter.
• Grease the plates of idli stand.
• Pour the batter in idli stand, steam cook for 10 minutes.

SAMBAR:-

Ingredients:-

Tur dal- 1 cup

Moong dal -1/4 cup

Onion- 2 chopped

Tomato -1 no.

Carrot- 1 no.

Beans- chopped 1 cup

Cinnamon- 1 small pc

Clove- 3 nos.

Poppy seeds- 1 tsp

Cumin seeds- 1 tsp

Coriander - 1/2 tsp

Red chilli powder- 2 tsp

Grated coconut- 1/2 cup

Tamarind juice- 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil to saute

Mustard- 1 tsp

Asafoetida- 1 pinch

Coriander leaves - chopped 1/4 cup

Curry leaves- 1 string

Procedure:-

• Pressure cook carrot, beans, tomato, one chopped onion, tur dal, moong dal.
• Fry cinnamon, clove, cumin seeds, poppy seeds, coriander one by one.
• Then fry one chopped onion, add red chilli pwdr to it.
• Grind all the fried ingredients add grated coconut, tamarind juice and salt to it.
• Heat oil in a vessel, add mustard, curry leaves, asafoetida.
• Then add the pressure cooked dal and veggies.
• Cook for 5 minutes then add ground masala.
• When it starts boiling, put off the heat.
• Serve hot with Idli/vada.