Idly Batter & Idly

Ingredient:

4 cup Idly rice
1 cup urad dal(whole urad dal)
8 no fenugreek seed
salt

Method:1. Soak rice with enough water for 4 hours.
2. Soak urad dal along with fenugreek seed with enough water for 1/2 hour.
3. Rinse rice and drain the water.
4. Don't drain the water in the urad dal, if you are using whole urad dal. This water will use to grind urad dal.
5. Put urad dal in a grinder and keep on adding  water little by little to grind the urad dal . The resulting urad dal becomes silky soft consistency. It should not be that much watery.
6. Pour into a large bowl. Then put rice in a grinder, Add required amount of water. The consistency should be little coarse like rava but it is very soft when you touch.
7. Pour this into the same bowl, add salt and mix this batter in circular motion using your hand and also check whether everything blend together.
8. Let it ferment for 12 hours.
9. Batter will almost in double the quantity.
10. Mix well in circular motion using scoop and make idlis or dosas.

To make Idlis: 
1. Pour required amount of water in idly maker.
2. Grease the idly plate using oil. Fill the idly batter in the plate.
3. When the water starts boiling, put this idly plate into this idly maker and cover with lid and steam it for 5 minutes.
4. Take the idli plate let it keep aside for some time and scoop the idlis.