Soft Poha Idli

 Poha Idli is a healthy breakfast dish served with hot sambar. Soft Poha Idli is made with idli rice, thick poha and whole white urad dal.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Soft Poha Idli.

Ingredients:-

Thick Poha /flattened rice. - 1 cup
Whole white Urad dal.       - 1 cup
Idli Rice.                             - 2 cup
Salt.                                     - 1tsp

Instructions:-

1). Wash and soak whole white urad dal and thick poha in water together in a bowl for 4 hours and grind together to a smooth batter adding very little ice water.Pour the batter in a large vessel.

2). Wash and soak idli rice for 4 hours and grind to a slightly coarse batter.Pour the ground rice batter to the same large vessel.Mix both the batter in the vessel and keep aside to ferment for 10 hours.

Method:-

1). Mix the fermented idli batter with 1tsp salt.Apply little oil on idli moulds and pour the idli batter on each idli moulds.

2). Boil sufficient water in a steamer. Keep the idli moulds in the steamer.Close the steamer and steam the idlis for 12 minutes on medium flame and switch off the flame.

3). Remove the idli moulds from steamer and allow the steamed poha idlis to cool.Once cooled  demould the poha idlis from idli moulds.

Soft Poha Idlis are ready to serve with hot sambar.