We all think about Idli chutney when we think about south Indian cuisine. Watch this video to learn how to make this iconic south Indian dish!
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IDLI CHUTNEY
Ingredients
1 cup parboiled rice
¼ cup raw rice
½ cup skinless split black gram (urad dal)
½ teaspoon fenugreek seeds
Salt to taste
Chutney
1 cup scraped fresh coconut
2 green chillies
A few sprigs fresh coriander
Salt to taste
1 tablespoon oil
½ teaspoon mustard seeds
½ teaspoon split skinless black gram
A pinch asafoetida
5-6 curry leaves
Method
1. Place the parboiled rice and raw rice in a deep bowl and wash
them 2-3 times. Drain and soak in 3 cups water for at least 2-3
hours. Wash and soak the dal with the fenugreek seeds in 1
cup water for at least 2-3 hours.
2. Drain the dal and place in a blender. Grind it with ½ cup water
to a smooth and spongy batter. Transfer into a deep pan.
3. Drain the rice and place in the same blender. Grind, with 1 cup
water, to make a slightly coarse batter. Transfer this into the
same deep pan as the ground dal.
4. Add the salt and mix both the batters. Mix thoroughly in brisk
whipping motions so as to aerate the batter well. The batter
should have a dropping consistency. Keep the pan covered
with a tight lid in a warm place overnight to ferment.
5. Heat 2 cups water in a steamer. Lightly stir the batter and pour
into lightly oiled idli trays and steam in the steamer for 10
minutes.
6. To make chutney, blend together coconut, green chillies,
coriander sprigs and salt into a thick chutney.
7. Heat oil in a non-stick pan. Add mustard seeds and let them
splutter. Add black gram, asafoetida and curry leaves and add
the tempering to the chutney. Mix well.
8. Transfer chutney into a bowl and serve with idli.