| Ingredients | ||||
| par boiled rice | 2 | cups | ||
| toor dhal | 1/2 | cup | ||
| bengal gram dhal | 1/2 | cup | ||
| black gram dhal | 1/4 | cup | ||
| red chillies | 8 | |||
| cumin seeds | 1 | tsp | ||
| cut coriander leaves and curry leaves | 1 | tsp | ||
| salt | as reqd | |||
| oil | as reqd | |||
| Method | ||||
| 1.soak rice and dhal together for 2 to 3 hours | ||||
| 2.grind it along with red chillies till fine rawa consistency | ||||
| 3.mix with other ingredients | ||||
| 4.heat a dosa tawa and spread little batter using laddle into thick circular adai | ||||
| 5.add a teaspoon of oil around the adai | ||||
| 6.serve hot with coconut chutney | ||||
| Note | ||||
| generally Adai batter is not fermented | ||||
| Ingredients | ||||
| bombay rawa | 2 | cups | ||
| water | 4 | cups | ||
| onions | 2 | large | ||
| green chillies | 6 | |||
| mustard seeds | 1 | tsp | ||
| black gram dhal | 1 | tsp | ||
| curry leaves | ||||
| grated coconuts | 1/4 | cup | ||
| oil or ghee | 5 | tsp | ||
| Method | ||||
| 1.fry rawa till it is brown without adding oil | ||||
| 2.heat a deep curved pan with oil or ghee | ||||
| 3.add seasonings, chillies and onion | ||||
| 4.fry till onions become transluscent | ||||
| 5.add rawa and fry in medium flame for 2 minutes | ||||
| 6.pour boiling water and stir in reduced flame. when moisture is absorbed and uppuma is cooked remove from fire | ||||
| 7.granish with grated coconut | ||||
| Ingredients | ||||
| raw rice flour | 2 | cup | ||
| water | as rqd | |||
| salt | to taste | |||
| Method | ||||
| 1.slightly fry the rice flour | ||||
| 2.mix salt and flour together in a mixing bowl | ||||
| 3.heat water in a heavy bottom vessel. When it starts bubbling, reduce the flame | ||||
| 4.sprinkle water gradually and knead to a smooth dough | ||||
| 5.put it in greased idyyappam maker | ||||
| 6.place it on greased idli plates &steam it | ||||
| 7.serve hot with coconut milk or chicken curry | ||||
| Ingredients | ||||
| raw rice | 2 | cups | ||
| coconut milk | 1 | cup | ||
| cooking soda | 1/4 | tsp | ||
| grated coconut | 1 | tsp | ||
| cooked rice | 1 | tsp | ||
| Method | ||||
| 1.soak rice for 2 hours | ||||
| 2.grind both rice and grated coconut to smooth paste | ||||
| 3.mix rice with salt and allow to ferment till next day | ||||
| 4.add coconut milk and soda to the fermented batter | ||||
| 5.mix well and pour in paniyaram pan | ||||
| 6.serve hot with the coconut milk or masi sambal | ||||
| 7.if you need egg aappam mix 1 egg and 1/4 cup of sugar with this flour | ||||
| Note | ||||
| If aappam pan is not available use curved nonstick pan | ||||
| Ingredients | ||||
| raw rice or samba rice flour | 2 | cups | ||
| grated coconut | 1 | cup | ||
| salt | to taste | |||
| Method | ||||
| 1.mix flour and salt in a bowl | ||||
| 2.sprinkle water and gather flour gradually | ||||
| 3.when you hold the flour it should stay together when you leave the flour it should go loose and separate | ||||
| 4.take the pittu kuzhal. First put some grated coconut then put some flour, repeat this till it gets filled. | ||||
| 5.serve hot with coconut milk and sugar | ||||
| Note | ||||
| If the pittu kuzal is not available use the idli plate and steam it. | ||||
| If necessary sprinkle little water while kneading | ||||
| Ingredients | ||||
| par boiled rice | 4 | cups | ||
| black gram dhal | 1 | cup | ||
| rock salt | to taste | |||
| Method | ||||
| 1.soak dhal and rice separately for 3 hours | ||||
| 2.grind dhal till smooth forthy | ||||
| 3.grind rice to fine rawa consistency | ||||
| 4.before removing from grinder mix salt and grind dhal to the mixture well | ||||
| 5.grind the batter previous day itself so that the batter is fermented for atleast 15 to 20 hours | ||||
| 6.next day morning mix the batter well and pour is gresed idli plates and steam for 10 minutes | ||||
| Note | ||||
| In few place dhal alone is ground and it is mixed with "idli rawa", in that case use little more dhal and 2 tsp of cooked rice. | ||||
| Ingredients | ||||
| raw rice | 5 | cups | ||
| black gram dhal | 1 | cup | ||
| Method | ||||
| 1.soak rice and dhal separately for 3 hours | ||||
| 2.grind to smooth paste with enough water | ||||
| 3.add salt just before taking out from grinder | ||||
| 4.next day morning mix well and dilute the dough if necessary with water | ||||
| 5.heat the dosa tawa and pour a ladle full of dough in the center | ||||
| 6.spread in a circular motion add a teaspoon of oil | ||||
| 7.when one side is cooked flip over to the other side | ||||
| 8.serve with coconut chutney or sambar | ||||
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