Well, for all those years I had been dreading making idlis or dhoklas for the simple reason that they would not come out fluffy and will be sheer waste of time and effort.
However, last weekend I gorged on around 12 idlis made by one of my very dear friend Nikita.
The ease with which she was rolling out those fluffy idlis left me gaping awe stricken! Believe me it was just irresistible for me to stop at two, three, five, seven......She intended to fry the idlis with onion and capsicum but I was too impatient for that!
I tried the basic idli this morning which came out ' oh so nicely!'
I am going to experiment a LOT with this basic idli and this can be imputed to my newly found LOVE for them!
Here's the recipe, and believe me you just cant go wrong with this!
INGREDIENTS:
Semolina (Sooji) : 1cup
Sour curd : 1cup
Water : 1/3 cup
Fruit salt (unflavoured eno) : 1t
Oil : 1t
PROCEDURE:
1. Mix semolina, curd , oil and water into a very smooth batter.
2. You may whisk it with an electronic whisker
3 Let it stand for 14-20 minutes
4 Add the fruit salt and give it a gentle mix. Remember not to overmix it.
5 Fill 1/3 of moulds and place in the steamer.
6 Microwave for 5 minutes.
7 Wait a while before you demould them.
8 Serve while still hot.
PS : Do not let the batter sit for long after you have mixed with eno.
If you have an idli stand, pour some water in a pressure cooker and bring it to boil before you place the batter filled idli stand. Remove the weight, cook on high heat for 3 minutes and medium for 9 minutes.
Check with a skewer, 'cooked' means the skewer comes out clean. Do not cook on high flame for a long time, if you want the idlis to be fluffy.
However, last weekend I gorged on around 12 idlis made by one of my very dear friend Nikita.
The ease with which she was rolling out those fluffy idlis left me gaping awe stricken! Believe me it was just irresistible for me to stop at two, three, five, seven......She intended to fry the idlis with onion and capsicum but I was too impatient for that!
I tried the basic idli this morning which came out ' oh so nicely!'
I am going to experiment a LOT with this basic idli and this can be imputed to my newly found LOVE for them!
Here's the recipe, and believe me you just cant go wrong with this!
INGREDIENTS:
Semolina (Sooji) : 1cup
Sour curd : 1cup
Water : 1/3 cup
Fruit salt (unflavoured eno) : 1t
Oil : 1t
PROCEDURE:
1. Mix semolina, curd , oil and water into a very smooth batter.
2. You may whisk it with an electronic whisker
3 Let it stand for 14-20 minutes
4 Add the fruit salt and give it a gentle mix. Remember not to overmix it.
5 Fill 1/3 of moulds and place in the steamer.
6 Microwave for 5 minutes.
7 Wait a while before you demould them.
8 Serve while still hot.
PS : Do not let the batter sit for long after you have mixed with eno.
If you have an idli stand, pour some water in a pressure cooker and bring it to boil before you place the batter filled idli stand. Remove the weight, cook on high heat for 3 minutes and medium for 9 minutes.
Check with a skewer, 'cooked' means the skewer comes out clean. Do not cook on high flame for a long time, if you want the idlis to be fluffy.
1 comment:
These were lovely...turned out perfect!
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