Instant Idli Mix
A homemade instant idli premix made by grinding roasted urad dal and poha with rice flour, salt and baking soda — store it up to 2 months, then mix with curd and water to steam soft idlis anytime.
Ingredients
Main
- Rice Flour — 2 cup (ground)
- Curd — 1 cup (whole)
- salt — 1 tsp (whole)
- Urad Dal — 1 cup (whole)
- Poha (Thin - Paper) — 45 g (ground)
Main
- Baking Soda (Food Grade Sodium Bicarbonate) — 3.5 g (powder)
Method
- firstly, in a pan dry roast 1 cup urad dal.
- roast until the dal turns aromatic.
- now add ½ cup poha and roast without browning.
- cool completely, and grind to a fine powder.
- sieve the flour using a fine mesh.
- add 2 cup rice flour, 1 tsp salt, and ¾ tsp baking soda.
- mix well making sure everything is well combined.
- transfer to the zip lock bag and instant idli mix is ready to use for up to 2 months.
- to prepare idli, in a bowl take 2 cup of instant idli mix.
- add 1 cup curd and 1 cup water.
- whisk and mix well making sure the batter is a smooth consistency.
- pour the batter into greased idli molds.
- steam for 10 minutes or until the idli is cooked completely.
- finally, enjoy instant idli using instant idli mix with chutney and sambar.
Common questions
- Instant Idli Mix ko English mein kya kehte hain?
- इंस्टेंट इडली मिक्स ko English mein Instant Idli Mix likhte hain.
- Ek plate Instant Idli Mix mein kitni calories hoti hain?
- 199 kcal per plate.
- Kitna time lagta hai?
- 15 min lagta hai — 5 min taiyari, 10 min pakana.