Ingredients

• 3.5 cups - boiled rice
• 1/2 cup - raw rice
• 1 cup - urad dal (de-husked)
• 1/4 tsp - methi seeds
• salt
• baking soda (2 pinches for every 1/5th quantity of prepared batter)

How to Make Basic batter for idli

• Soak the dal and both the rice for 5 to 6 hours along with methi seeds
• Grind the dal-rice mixture till we get a fine, thick and fluffy paste
• Add salt and keep overnight in a warm place to ferment.
• The next day, morning add soda (as mentioned in the ingredients) and water to make batter to prepare idli (need not be very thick like rawa idli batter)
• Prepare idli in greased idli plates.