- Yields: NA
- Preparation Time: 24 Hours
- Cooking Time: N.A.
Health Benefits:
Food items prepared from our All-in-One batter is easy on digestive system, low on fat, rich in complex carbohydrates and protein.
Ingredients:
- Idli Rice/Parboiled Rice/Brown Idli Rice-2 cups, rinsed and soaked for 2 hours or longer
- Urad dal/split black gram-1 cup, rinsed thoroughly, and soaked for 2 hours or longer
- Mung dal-1 cup, rinsed and soaked for 2 hours or longer
Spices:
- Salt to taste
Liquids:
- Water-2-3 cups
- Avocado/Canola/Other cooking oil-3 Tablespoons
Cooking Instructions for Dosa:
- Rinse, soaked rice, urad dal and Mung dal once again in a strainer and add them to the grinder.
- Add enough water (usually a finger or two breadths higher than the grain in the blender)
- Now grind the rice, urad dal and mung dal separately or together to make a medium thick batter to achieve a thickness consistency similar to pancake batter.
- Minimally coarse batter is healthier to lower glycemic index further though very fine mixtures are sometimes chosen for Dosa. (Our preference is minimally coarse batter for health reasons)
- Cover and put aside the batter in a larger vessel (at least twice the size of the batter for about 24-48 hours temperature to ferment. For cold climates, put the batter in Instant pot pressure cooker with yogurt setting for 3-4 hours or in an oven with warm settings at no more than 150 degrees F until it rises which is a sign of fermentation. In warmer climates it may take anywhere from 6 to 24 hours for the batter to rise well.
- Add salt and oil to the batter and mix well.
- It is now ready for cooking or for storing.
- If the batter has not risen and you would like to use it sooner before it ferments, try adding a pinch of baking soda or fruit salt in a small batch and use it for cooking.
Note:
Check our website to learn the recipes made with this perfectly fermented batter.
Add a small quantity of cream of wheat, stir and wait for a minute or so, to make sure the consistency is as required. Cream of wheat will absorb water in a few minutes and the batter can get thicker as desired.
If the batter is not fermented and need to cook Idlis right away, then add about ½-1 teaspoon of Eno in a small batch of Idli batter and stir thoroughly so the batter rises and then follow the steps of making the Idlis.
In this case, any other type of rice may be used but the structure may change to some extent and will have to make minor adjustments in the ratio of dal and rice. You may choose to use brown rice for diabetics.
