Brown Rice Idli

Idli has always been an integral part of my life. Coming from a South Indian Mother, we always had those traditional soft fluffy supremely white Idlis for breakfast. With my coming from different part of the country , he prefers to have Idlis over for lunch or particularly dinner. I am anytime bring it on! This is a bit twist to the regular white idlis. I have used the BROWN rice .. so here its a Brown Rice Idli.

See notes for details.

Ingrediants

I take 3:1 proportion for my idlis
3 Cups Brown Rice
1 Cup  Urad Dal
Abt 1 cup cooked rice
Salt

Procedure

Wash thoroughly and soak both Rice and Urad dal for atleast 12 hrs. Urad dal does not need so much soak time. Its the Brown Rice, that needs longer soaking time. Its just convinent to soak both at the same time.

Grind both of them separately. You may use your regular blender. I have my wet grinder, so I just dump both together to grind. But If u are using a regular ones, rice takes longer to form a paste. When you touch it, it should be almost like a cream and not a face scrub.

Now while grinding urad dal , add the cooked rice to it and form a smooth paste.  Mix both well. Add salt. And let it ferment in a warm place for about 6-8 hrs. Time for fermentation depends on the weather conditions. But should not take more than 12 hrs. See notes below...some helpful tips. See how beautifully it has fermented.

For making idlis:

Wash and Oil the mould. and Pour a spoonful in each and place it in steamer. Let it cook for about 15 mins. Once done. Let it rest for about 5 -10 min and them remove them. Serve it hot with steaming Sambhar and chutney. click here for  my Quick Sambhar recipe.

Tips:
1: Brown Rice takes longer to soak and cook. So Regular white rice, its ok to soak for abt 6-8 hrs. But this needs 12 hrs.

2: Never use fresh cooked rice, stale the better. Or atleast take rice which is 3-4 hrs old.

3: Mix the batter with your hand in circular motion after adding salt. This definately helps the batter to ferment well.

4: In case of cooler climate. Place your batter in Oven with just the light ON.