Name: Soft Idli Recipe/ How to prepare idli batter at home
Prep time: 12 h
Cook time: 10 min
Cuisine: Indian

Idli the quintessential breakfast of south Indian has found its way into most homes across the world. Most of us like hot piping soft idlis with some chutney and sambar. When the idlis are very soft like cotton and served soft with Murugan kadai chutney and Hotel style sambar, it is heavenly. All these recipes are easily doable at home. The secret to the soft idli is the perfect batter which is rightly fermented and steamed. Here let us see how to make these soft idlis at home with the homemade batter.

Ingredients to make soft idli at home:

Idli or the steamed rice cake has only 2 main ingredients. One is the idli rice or parboiled rice. The other is the urad dal or the dehusked black gram dal. A little amount of fenugreek seeds also go along way in making the idlis very soft. All these ingredients are available in any Indian grocery store. This is the recipe I have been following to get those perfect soft idlis. There are many variations of the same homemade idli batter. You can add aval or poha to the batter to get soft idlis. Some even add sabudana or sago to the batter. You can make many variations to get different results. Now let us see in detail as to how this batter can be prepared at home.