Idlis

Idlis (Idly, Rice Cake)

Ingredients

• 1 cup urad dal (black gram or black lentil)
• 2 cups rice/rice rawa or idli rawa (flour)
• ½ spoon methi seeds
• Salt to taste

Method

1. Soak urad dal along with methi seeds for 4 hours. Soak rice or idli rawa in another bowl for 4 hours.
2. Grind soaked urad dal in mixer. Make a fine paste with minimum water.
3. Grind soaked rice/idli rawa coarsely with minimum water.
4. Mix the two pastes together in a large bowl (since may overflow afterwards).
5. Keep the mixture at warm place for 6 to 8 hours.
6. Add salt and mix well.
7. Oil the idli stand and pour the mixture in it.
8. Put the cooker/large container with water on the gas/stove and heat. When the water is boiling, put the idli stand in it.
9. Steam the idlis in a large cooker (without the whistle) or large container for 20 minute or till done.
10. Remove the idlis from stand and eat with chutney and sambhar.
    

Soya Patties

Ingredients

• 2 table spoon soya (soy) granules
• 2 medium size boiled potatoes
• 1 medium size finely chopped onion
• 2 table spoon coriander leaves
• 2 to 3 bread slices (brown or multi-grained bread preferred)
• 1 tea spoon finely chopped ginger
• 1 tea spoon finely chopped garlic
• 1 tea spoon finely chopped chilies or chili powder (optional)
• Salt to taste
• 1 tea spoon sugar
• 1 tea spoon lemon juice
• 2 table spoons bread crumbs
• 2 table spoons of edible refined oil
• 1 tea spoon turmeric

Method

1. Add a pinch of salt to two cups of boiling water in a pan and add soya granules to it.
2. Keep this aside for 7 to 10 minutes. Drain the water out of soya granules and squeeze water out of them.
3. Mash the potatoes.
4. Take one table spoon of oil in a wok. Put the wok on gas stove. Add onions in it and sir fry for 3 to 4 minutes. Add ginger, garlic, chilies (or clili powder) and stir fry. Add turmeric to it. Add salt and sugar. mix well.
5. Add soya granules in the wok and mix well.
6. Add the mashed potatoes to the wok and mix well.
7. Stop the heat.
8. Add coriander leaves.
9. Crumble the bread slices and mix them in the wok. Add lemon juice. Make the firm dough of the entire mixture.
10. Make small patties out of this dough. Roll them in bread crumbs.
11. Shallow fry the patties.
12. Patties can be used for making sandwiches or can be eaten as such with tomato ketchup.