Source : Soak Rice Fenugreek Seeds Amp Urad Dal For 5-6 Hours Grind In A Coarse Paste Add Salt Keep Overnight For Fermentation Wash Amp Soak Tuar Dal For...
PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings
Sent by Vimmi Bhatia
at : November 26, 2025
Step:
Soak rice, fenugreek seeds & urad dal for 5-6 hours. Grind in a coarse paste. Add salt. Keep overnight for fermentation.
Wash & soak tuar Dal for 1/2 an hour. Add dal, all vegetables, green chillies, (you can add your choice of vegetables) turmeric & salt in pressure cooker. Cook it until 6-7 whistles.
Heat all in a Kadhai. Add mustard seeds. Once crackled add whole red chilli, hing, curry leaves & red chilli powder. Saute all. Add dal. Add tamarind paste or lemon juice. Add sambhar Masala. Let it boil. Switch off gas.
Making of idli: Grease Idli plates with oil. Boil 1 glass water in Idli maker. Pour Idli batter in each pit. Place it in Idli maker. Cover the lid. Steam them for 8-10 minutes.
De mould Idlies & keep it in hot case before serving.
Serve hot with sambhar & coconut chutney.
Ingredients
For Idli batter:
2 cup rice
1 cup white urad dal
1 tsp fenugreek seeds (methi Dana)
to taste Salt
For sambhar:
1 cup tuar Dal (pigeon peas)
1 potato cut in cubes
2 tomato chopped
1 carrot cut in small pieces
1 onion chopped
1/2 cup pumpkin pieces
3 green chillies finely chopped
to taste Salt
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
For tempering :
2 tbsp Oil
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1/2 tsp hing (asfoetida)
1 tsp red chilli powder
2 tsp sambhar Masala
2-3 whole Red chilli
1 big lemon juice or 2 tsp tamarind pulp
as needed Oil
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