Idli

Material:

• rice(heaped)- 4 cups
• split urud dhal-1/2 cup
• (heaped urud dhal-1 cup
• Salt as per taste.

Method

Cook the rice without adding water in the pressure cooker for 5 minutes. Then add lukewarm water to the rice and soak it for 4 hours. Just an hour before grinding, wash and soak the urad dal. First grind the urad dal in the mixie. Then grind the rice to a fine consistency. Not too fine as a paste of course. Mix the two and add the required salt. Mix thoroughly. The final batter should not be too thick or too watery. Allow the batter to ferment for at least 12 hours. Then prepare the idli in the usual manner and really soft idlis will be got. This is a very good way to prepare soft idlis by grinding in a mixie when one does not have the traditional stone grinder and also the parboiled rice.

Egg Omlate

Ingredients

• Eggs-8
• Salt –as per taste
• Fresh red chillies, crushed-1 teaspoon
• Onion , chopped-1 small
• Green capsicum, sliced thinly-1/2 medium
• Processed cheese, grated-4 tablespoons

Method

Take four microwave proof bowls (katoris). ). Break two eggs into each bowl. Sprinkle salt, crushed red chillies, onion, green capsicum and grated cheese. Sprinkle some more crushed red chillies and keeps the bowls in the microwave and cook, uncovered, on Microwave MEDIUM (60%) for two minutes. You can even steam them but for that arrange the eggs in stainless steel katoris and steam in a steamer or a pressure cooker. Serve hot.