Grinding The Perfect Idly/Dosa Batter

Grinding the perfect Idly Batter is not a big deal for women of the Southern part of India. Since most of the houses in South India make use of this batter on a regular and mostly on a daily basis, it is a necessity for the people of south to learn the right method of grinding the perfect idly or dosa batter.

Earlier as an amateur in kitchen, I found myself struggling with the grinding the idly batter and mostly I failed due to lack of expertise and skill. Gradually I began to master the techniques, as I had said above; it became a necessity for me ;)

You can make use of Grinder or a Mixey for the purpose of grinding idly batter. I usually make it a point to use the grinder. Mine is Ultra wet grinder, and it works pretty well for serving my purpose. The grinder is extremely handy and easy to clean too.

When I am in a hurry, or if I need to grind only a small quantity of batter, then I make use of my Mixer grinder. That one gives you quick batter, but at times, the batter does not come out fluffy or the idlys sometimes stay hard. So my choice would be to go ahead with the large grinder, which gives me perfect results. Checkout the method of grinding the perfect idly batter.

PS: The proportion for rice and urad dal would be 1: 1/3.

That is, if you take one glass of rice, you need to take 1/3 glass of urad dal

Ingredients (For Grinder)

·         Doppi rice -   6 glasses or nazhi (Heaped)

·         Urad dal -    2 glasses (without heaping)

·         Water –

·         Salt

Method

·         Clean the rice and wash well

·         Clean the urad dal and wash well

·         Now add sumptuous amount of water to rice for soaking

·         In another vessel, add water to urad dal and allow it to soak separately

·         Soaking process will take 3 -4 hours

·         After getting the rice and dal soaked the right manner, prepare the grinder

·         Wash the grinder and remove water from it

·         Grinding process starts with adding the rice first. PS: According to the service men, you need to grind the rice first. If you choose to grind urad dal first, then grinding the rice will consume more amount of time. So I choose rice first.

·         Add rice and water. Grind it for 20-30 min in the grinder

·         Remove the rice batter from the grinder to a large vessel

·         Now add urad dal to the grinder

·         Add water and grind it to a fluffy batter

·         Remove it after it has been ground completely

·         Add this batter to the rice batter

·         Add salt. For five glasses of rice, you need to add at least 4 tsp of salt

·         Mix well with large spatula

·         Pour the batter into plastic containers to be kept inside the refrigerator for storing

·         You may place one container full of idly batter outside, so that it can rise. Use this for the next day.

·         You can make perfect Idlys or dosas the very next day.