No Rice Idlis

Ingredients:

• 1cup black lentil whole & skinned (urad dal)
• 1 cup yellow lentil split & skinned (moong dal)
• ½ cup Water
• ½ tsp. salt

Preparations:

1. Wash and soak the black and yellow split Moong dal over night or at least 8 hrs.
2. Grind the dals into a semi fine batter using water as needed. (batter should be dropping consistency).
3. Add salt to the batter, mix well.
4. Pour batter in a large container/pot to allow the batter to rise.
5. Let the batter ferment, preferably overnight, in a warm place (avoid the inside of the oven). It should rise with lots of air pockets in it.

1. Fill your steamer pot with water. Make sure the steamer stand is above the water level.
2. Allow the water to boil.
3. In the meantime, grease the inside of 4-6 ramekins with a drop of oil in each.
4. Gently stir the batter evenly.
5. Using ladle, pour the batter into ramekins covering only 2/3rd of the ramekins. Place all the ramekins on a plate.
6. When the water begins to boil, place the plate on the steam stand inside the steamer pot.
7. Steam for 15 minutes.
8. To test, prick a toothpick and it should come out clean. If not, cook for another 4-5 mins.
9. Let it cool for 5 min and then using spoon, scoop out the Idlis.
10. Enjoy it with onion chutney or cilantro mint chutney.

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