Monday, April 27, 2009

Amma's Idly/Dosa Recipe









Today I made idly and masala dosa after a long time, in fact maybe 7 months, jut after my mother in law left back to India after Jasmine was born. She made it all the time being from South India. The last time I made it, it didn't ferment well and was a disaster and since then I was too chicken to try again!, but since the weather has been in the 80's I thought why not.

Ingredients: 4 cups Idly Rice, 1 1/4 cup whole urad dahl, 2 tablespoon fenugreek seeds, a little salt.

1. Soak the rice and Urad Dahl in separate containers and soak for 8-12 hrs, I did this overnight on Saturday night (add fenugreek to urad dahl and salt)
2. the next morning grind the rice for 35 min, then the urad dahl for 45-50 min, make sure it doesn't stick to the sides and gets into a nice soft paste,
3. Mix both together with a little water if too thick.
4. Leave outside for 12 hours to ferment- I put it on the deck in 80 plus degree's.

Then refrigerate until needed, it will last up to a week.

We ate it today with potato curry and tomato chutney. Coconut chutney is awesome and sambhar. This dish is a traditonal South Indian breakfast food.

Tastes amazing but to cook the traditional way is a lot of work, hats off to Indian ladies around the world.

The motto of today's story is not to give up, try and try again, this time it worked. I intent to keep trying to pitch ideas for articles in my attempt to become a freelance writer, God willing it will all work out.


Rebecca

12 comments:

  1. This looks so tasty! I love Indian food, it just bursts with fresh and bold flavors!

    Thanks for finding my blog today! I love mustard in my potatoes also!

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  2. Yum,yum-masala dosa and idly are my fave breakfast items. Will make it as soon as it get's warmer.
    Hat's off to you too Rebecca!!

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  3. Hi Rebecca
    We all love Idlly and usually have it at the Indian Restaurant nearby..it's a healthy food. Jean

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  4. Yummy!! I love Indian food. Looks good.

    I'm sure you'll find many inspirations to write about. As a writer myself, I know that feeling. We're in the same boat. But keep at it and something good will happen.

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  5. Thanks so much Jenn it means a lot feel free to give me any advice and tips (rebeccasubbiah@gmail.com)

    Rebecca

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  6. They look like a soft tortilla. Is it a fermented pancake?

    "Chow and Chatter" ? Not more Rebecca?

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  7. its still me !! Rebecca yep a fermented pancake, lol

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  8. Great job! The idly and masala dosa look excellent!

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  9. Wow! that is some work to cook this dish.

    I love Indian food, and I even took some Indian food classes with a lady here in my area. But never heard of this dish before. Thanks for the recipe.

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  10. i know Indian food is hard, and I am a Brit so doubly hard he he but ok once in a while

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  11. I made some dosa this week too, even though it takes time, there's something really satisfying about making things like this from scratch. Good luck with the writing :)

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  12. wow Bernie thats cool yeah its worth it when you eat it oh and thanks appreciate the wishes

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