Brown Rice Idli

Cuisine: Tamil Nadu Category: Breakfast Prep: 20 min Cook: 15 min Serves: 4 Difficulty: Medium 🌿 Vegetarian

Tamil Nadu idli variant — brown rice idli — soft steamed rice cake.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Soak brown rice: Wash 2 cups brown rice. Soak in water for 8-10 hours — it needs longer soaking than white rice due to the bran layer.
  2. Soak urad dal: Separately soak half cup urad dal for 4-6 hours.
  3. Grind urad dal: Grind soaked urad dal with cold water to a very smooth, fluffy and airy batter. Transfer to a large vessel.
  4. Grind brown rice: Grind soaked brown rice with water to a slightly coarser batter.
  5. Combine and ferment: Mix both batters together. Add salt and mix well. Ferment overnight — brown rice batter may need longer fermentation than white rice.
  6. Grease moulds and prepare steamer: Grease idli moulds. Bring steamer to a full rolling boil.
  7. Fill moulds: Ladle batter into moulds three-quarters full.
  8. Steam: Steam covered for 12-15 minutes.
  9. Check doneness: Toothpick comes out clean. Brown rice idli has a beige colour and slightly denser texture.
  10. Serve: Brown rice idli is more nutritious with higher fibre. Serve with coconut chutney and sambar.

Recipe from samaiyal.com — Authentic Indian Recipes