Idli and Sambar

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Ingredients Of Rice Idli

  • 3 cups rice - preferably par boiled (sela)
  • 1 cup split and husked dhuli urad
  • 2 tsp salt


How to Make Rice Idli

Soak the rice and lentil in water separately for 5-6 hours.Grind the lentil to a fine smooth paste, and the rice a little coarse (enough to feel a texture, like fine sand).Mix the two ground ingredients with salt and enough water to form a batter of dropping consistency.Leave, covered, in a warm place to ferment to a spongy batter, overnight.Steam in an idli steamer and serve hot.




Ingredients Of Sambar

  • 1 cup yellow lentils (arhar or toover daal)
  • 1 Tbsp salt
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • 3 Tbsp sambar masala
  • 3 Tbsp thickish tamarind pulp or 1 tsp tamarind concentrate
  • 2 tsp mustard seeds
  • 7-8 leaves of curry leaves
  • 2-3 whole dry red peppers
  • 1 cup mixed vegetables, cut into approx.1
  • 1 big onion, cut into quarters
  • 2 Tbsp oil
  • 1 Tbsp chopped coriander leaves to garnish.

How to Make Sambar

1. Cook daal with salt, till absolutely tender, no grains remain.

2. Add sambar masala, sugar and vegetables, including the onions, and cook till the vegetables are tender, and add tamarind. Heat oil in a saucepan and add the mustard seeds

3. When they splutter, add the whole red peppers and the curry leaves. Turn around 2-3 times, then add the daal mixture.

4. Bring to a boil, and then simmer for about 5 minutes, Serve hot garnished with the coriander leaves.


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