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Indian Cooking Recipe : How to Make Masala Idli

Ingredients for the Recipe

• 1 tbsp Bengal gram dhal
• 1 pav black gram dal
• 1 pav boiled rice
• 1 pav raw rice
• oil for greasing cups
• 1 onion
• 5 green chillies
• 5 drops of asafetida
• chopped coriander
• salt to taste

Recipe (How to Make):

1. Soak black gram dal and the two rices (mixed) separately in water for 3 hours.
2. First, wash the soaked dal and grind to make a fine paste.
3. Keep aside in a vessel.
4. Then grind the soaked rice (mixture) to a coarse paste.
5. Combine both the pastes using hands, put salt and keep under cover overnight.
6. Next day, beat the batter properly.
7. Soak 1 tbsp of Bengal gram dhal, in water till it becomes soft.
8. Chop an onion and a few green chillies finely.
9. Mix them all with the batter along with a few drops of asafetida and a few coriander leaves (chopped).
10. Grease idli cups with oil, and fill them (about ¾ full) with the idli batter and steam in an idli vessel for at least 20 minutes.
11. Pour the batter in the container of a pressure cooker (previously greased with oil) about ¾ full and steam for 15 to 20 minutes.
12. Remove and cut it into pieces of desired size, with a spatula.