Ingredients
1) Urad Dal - 250 Grams
2) Rice - 550 Grams
3) Jaggery, grated - 150-250 Grams
4) Cardamom powder -1 Tea spoon
5) Nutmeg - 1/2 Pinch
6) Mace - 1/2 Pinch
7) Soda bi carb - 1 Tea spoon
8) Water - 1.5 Cup
9) Lemon Yellow colour (Optional) - 1 pinch
Cooking Method
1) Soak dal and rice separately for about four hours.
2) Grind dal into a fine paste.
3) Grind the rice coarsely.
4) Soak the jaggery in the 1.5 cup water till gets dissolve then strain it.
5) Mix dal paste,rice paste,jaggery water and make a thick batter.
6) Add soda in the above batter and keep aside for 5-6 hours in the warm place till it is light and frothy.
7) Add cardamom powder,nutmeg and Mace Powder into above batter and cook the idlies in the idli cooker.
8) Serve hot.