Ingredients

• 4 cups - raw long grain rice
• 1.5 cups - split urad dal (even the split white variety serves the purpose)
• Salt to taste

How to Make Simple Idli from long grain rice

• Pressure cook the rice without adding water in the rice for 5 minutes.
• Allow the pressure to subside on its own.
• Then add lukewarm water to the rice and soak it for 4 hours.
• Just an hour before grinding, wash and soak the urad dal.
• First grind the urad dal in the mixie.
• Then grind the rice to a fine consistency. Not too fine as a paste of course.
• Mix the two and add the required salt.
• Mix thoroughly.
• The final batter should not be too thick or too watery.
• Allow the batter to ferment for at least 12 hours.
• Then prepare the idli in the usual manner.
• This is a very good way to prepare soft idlis by grinding in a mixie when one does not have the traditional stone grinder and also the parboiled rice.