Instant Homemade Idli Mix Flour
Instant homemade idli mix flour recipe made with rice flour, urad dal and poha (flattened rice).
Servings: 480 grams
Ingredients
- 300 grams rice flour or 2 cups rice flour
- 125 grams urad dal or ½ cup urad dal (husked whole black gram)
- 45 grams thick poha or ½ cup thick poha (flattened rice)
- ½ teaspoon salt or add as per taste
Instructions
preparing instant idli mix flour
- Take all the three main ingredients before you proceed - 2 cups rice flour, ½ cup urad dal and ½ cup thick poha.
- Heat a pan on a low to medium flame. Then lower the flame, add the urad dal.
- Roast urad dal on a low flame for about 2 minutes, stirring often. Urad dal is roasted just to get rid of some moisture from them.
- Then add the poha.
- Mix very well and roast for a minute on low flame. Remove the pan from the stove top and let this mixture cool down.
- Then add everything in a grinder jar. Grind to a fine powder.
- Keep a large plate or tray or pan and place a sieve on it. Take the ground flour in the seive (channi) and sift it.
- Some urad dal grits will be there. You can add them to your dals or discard.
- Add rice flour and salt. Mix very well.
- The idli mix flour is ready to be bottled. With a spoon, add the idli mix flour in a jar. Seal tightly with a lid. Use the idli mix flour when required.
to prepare instant idli
- Take 1 cup of idli mix flour
- ⅔ to ¾ cup water to make a thick flowing batter
- ¼ cup sour curd/dahi/yogurt
- ½ teaspoon fruit salt or eno
- First mix idli mix flour, water and sour curd very well. Use a wired whisk to make a smooth lump free batter. Then add ½ teaspoon fruit salt or eno. Again mix very well. Then pour in a greased idli pan and steam the idlis for 10 to 12 minutes. Avoid using baking soda as it gives a soapy aroma in the idlis.