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kollu idli recipe /horse gram idli dosa/kulith idli

Total Time 16 hours 10 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • li rice - 1 cup
  • Horse gram /kollu - 1/2 cup
  • Urad dal whole/ulundhu - 1/4 cup
  • Red aval - 1/4 cup
  • Rock salt to make the batter

Instructions
 

  • First wash and soak above given ingredients leaving the aval.
  • Let it soak for 6 hours then 10 minutes before grinding soak the aval.
  • Grind it to a smooth batter with aval.
  • Take out when smooth add necessary rock salt and mix well add water and adjust to bring it to idli batter consistency.
  • Let it ferment for 8 hours and in the morning mix the batter with a laddle.
  • Pour idli’s in the idli pan steam for 10 minutes till its cooked.
  • Transfer to a hot pack and have hot idli’s with spicy chutney or sambar.

Notes

The batter should not be too thick the idli’s will be hard, so fluff up the batter with some water if thick without deflating the batter.
Spicy podi,chutney or even a spicy sambar will be good for this horse gram idli.
You can dilute little more and make dosa’s with the same batter.