Paruppu Idli

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Ingredients
Moong Dal 1 cup
Urad Dhal 1 cup
Rice 2 tbsp (optional)
Green chillies
Ginger
Black pepper seeds
Cumin seeds
Curry leaves
Asafoetida
Salt to taste
Oil/ghee

Get Cooking!
1. Soak for moong and urad dals with the rice.
2. Grind coarsely and leave to ferment for atleast 6 hrs.
3. Sauté the black pepper seeds, ginger, cumin seeds, green chillies, asafoetida, curry leaves in some ghee. Pour this onto the batter.
4. Add salt and mix well.
5. Pour the batter on idli plates and steam them in an idli cooker.

Tips
Make the batter in the morning if you are planning to make the idlis in the evening to get the right fermentation or vice versa. To the batter you can add grated carrot, shelled peas, corn, potatoes peeled & cubed, chopped onions. You add some cashew nuts for seasoning. You roughly the black pepper seeds and cumin seeds.

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