Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Your Recipe Rating




37 Comments

    1. Baking Soda is pure Sodium Bicarbonate. According to me you can use it. But not baking powder as it has a grain flour – cornstarch. But some folks use baking soda and some don’t. It depends from family to family.

  1. Hi Dassana,

    I made these idlis yesterday. They were a little bit on the harder side. I think it is because of sabudana. Have you tried without adding sabudana, only with sama chaval?3 stars

    1. these are not hard. did you add enough water for grinding. the batter should not be very thick. the batter can be of medium consistency or slightly thick like idli batter. if sabudana does not get soaked well, then also the idli can become hard. so here both the batter should have the enough water in it and sabudana should be soaked well. i have never made without sabudana. but you can try. hope this helps.

    1. Charu, i didn’t made dosa with this batter. so don’t know. if you try then do let us know. i will experiment and try to post dosa recipe as well.

  2. ate this just now.. it was amazing.. so I had to come and leave a comment… I love idli and thanks to you I can fulfill my idli cravings during navratri tooo…5 stars

      1. I used the same batter .. just added a little water and amazing dosas were made.. have shared the recipe with other family members and they too cooked and loved the idlis/dosas from this batter..5 stars

        1. if water in the batter added is less, then the idli becomes dense and hard. so this could be the reason. the amount of baking soda can be also increased a bit to make the idli soft and fluffy. hope these tips help.

  3. Hi Dassana,

    I prefer to eat at night during navratri. Can I keep the batter in the fridge in the morning and use it at night to make idlis?

  4. Hi Dasanna, any other substitute for soda? Is soda necessary..we generally avoid soda for ekadasi fasting. Thanks for a wonderful recipe but!:)

    1. prepare without soda divyapriya. they will be slightly dense if soda is not used, but will still taste good. if you use eno or fruit salt, then you can add eno instead.

  5. Thank u dasana ji i tried to make idlis for fast firsr time and it turned out really tasty n soft too this navrata is just awesome because of ur reciepes many new varietes for fasting thank u

  6. Tried Dhokla and idli absolutely amazing!!! If you thin the idli batter amazing Dosas were made from it! Divine recipe!5 stars

  7. Your recipe looks delicious really want to try soon but We don’t eat sabudana can we substitute this with something…

  8. Hi dear,
    Just tried it today for Navratri ….. It came out just wow…Had it along with coconut chutney 🙂 I made around 16 idlis with the above given batter measurements!!Thanks for sharing such a simple healthy unique vrat recipie !! Keep up the good work !!5 stars

  9. This fasting season I have been seeing so many sama ke chawal recipes that I feel like trying it myself. dont know where to get them here. lovely idli. fluffy, moist and soft.