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Kanchi Idli
By : Umadevi Ramachandra
Category : Regional cuisine, South indian, Other south indian recipes
Time Taken : 15-30 mins
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Method
  1. Soak rice for 15 minutes, drain water & dry on cloth in shade for ½ hour.
  2. Prepare fine rawa out of it (send it to mill if possible) and keep it aside.
  3. Soak urad dal for 4hrs & grind it into fine paste.
  4. Mix rawa, dal paste, chopped ginger & coconut gratings.
  5. Dry fry jeera & pepper, prepare a course powder, and add this to above batter.
  6. Heat 1 tbsp of oil/ghee, add mustard seeds, hing &curry patta leaves.
  7. When mustard seeds start to splutter, add urad dal, channa dal, red chillies& cashew nuts.
  8. Fry till dal & nuts turn light golden colour & add this to the batter.
  9. Add salt & mix the batter thoroughly & keep it overnight to ferment.
  10. Next day morning add curds & soda (if necessary add water) and mix well.
  11. Prepare idlis as usual (but it needs little more time to steam).
  12. Serve kanchi idli with any chutney or sambar.
Ingredients:
1/2 kg - raw rice
1/4 kg - urad dal (with out husk)
1 - coconut, grated
100 g - channa dal
25 g - pepper corn
2 cups - curds
5 - red chillies, broken into pieces
10 g - jeera
1/4tsp - hing
1 tsp - chopped ginger
25 g - cashew nuts
1 tbsp - oil/ghee
1/2 tsp - baking soda
1 tsp - mustard seeds
2 tsp - urad dal (split)
1 tbsp - curry patta leaves, chopped
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