Idli with Sambar

Idli with Sambar

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Ingredients

• 400 g idli rice, soaked 6 h
• 100 g urad dal, soaked 6 h
• 0.5 tsp fenugreek seeds
• 1.5 tsp salt
• 100 g toor dal
• 2 tbsp sambar powder
• 1 tbsp tamarind paste
• 300 g mixed vegetables
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 10 curry leaves
• 1 tbsp oil or ghee

Instructions

1. Grind dal and fenugreek fluffy, rice slightly grainy; combine with salt and ferment 8–12 hours.
2. Cook toor dal soft; mash.

3. Simmer vegetables with tamarind and sambar powder; add dal, simmer 10 minutes.
4. Temper mustard seeds and curry leaves in oil; add to sambar.
5. Steam batter in greased idli moulds 10–12 minutes; serve with sambar and coconut chutney.