Kanchipuram iddli

                                                                              

Kanchipuram iddli

Kanchipuram iddli are mouth watering treat. It is tempered with  elaborate spices that makes it taste delicious. Serve this yummy iddli with coconut chutney.

Ingredients:
1 cup raw rice
1 cup iddli rice
1 cup urad dal
Salt to taste
1 tea spoon oil
For tempering:
1 table spoon oil
1 tea spoon mustard
1 tea spoon jeera

1 tea spoon urad dal

1 teaspoon channa dal
1/2 tea spoon ginger powder
1 tea spoon grated ginger
1 tea spoon crushed black pepper
3-4 finely chopped green chilies
1/2 cup finely chopped coriander leaves
3 strands of finely chopped curry leaves
1/4 tea spoon Hing

1 table spoon finely chopped cashews

Preparation:

1. Soak raw rice and iddli rice together  in enough water for three hours
2. Soak urad dal in enough water for three hours
3. In a wet grinders grind the urad dal to a smooth batter adding enough water
4. To this urad dal batter add the soaked rice and grind to a smooth paste
5. Remove into a vessel, add salt and ferment  for 7-8 hours
6. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard, hing, jeera, curry leaves, urad dal, channa dal and sauté till mustard splits
7. Add the pepper, cashews, grated ginger, chopped green chilies and sauté for a minute
8. Add this tempering to the fermented batter.
9. Add the ginger powder and coriander leaves and mix the batter well
10. Grease the iddli mould and put the batter on to the greased mould and steam the iddli's for 7-8 minutes
11. Serve hot with coconut chutney