Name: Kancheepuram Idli
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Yellow Split Green gram (Cheruparippu); 1 cup Black gram (Uzhunnuparippu); 2 tsp Black Pepper; 2 tsp Cumin Seeds (Jeerakam); 1/2 tsp Asafoetida (Kayam); 1 tbsp Ghee; 2 tsp Curry Leaves (finely chopped); 2 tsp Coriander Leaves (finely chopped); 1 tsp Turmeric Powder; 5 to Green Chillies (finely chopped); 1 inch Ginger (grated); 2 tsp Cashewnuts (broken into small pieces); 2 or Raisins (Onakka munthiri); Salt (As reqd)

Kancheepuram Idli

Kancheepuram idlis

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Tamil

Servings people

Ingredients

1 cup Yellow Split Green gram Cheruparippu
1 cup Black gram Uzhunnuparippu
2 tsp Black Pepper
2 tsp Cumin Seeds Jeerakam
1/2 tsp Asafoetida Kayam
1 tbsp Ghee
2 tsp Curry Leaves finely chopped
2 tsp Coriander Leaves finely chopped
1 tsp Turmeric Powder
5 to Green Chillies finely chopped
1 inch Ginger grated
2 tsp Cashewnuts broken into small pieces
2 or Raisins Onakka munthiri
Salt As reqd

Instructions

Soak the green gram and black gram together for 6 hrs.
Drain them and grind it into a smooth batter with less amount of water as we do for regular Idli batter till it is fluffy. The batter should not be too watery, as it will result in the Idlis becoming very thin.
Add salt to taste and allow the batter to ferment for 6 to 8 hours.
Heat the ghee in a frying pan and add black pepper and cumin seeds and fry for a few seconds.
Take them out of the pan and grind them into a coarse powder and add it to the Idli batter.
Then, add cashew pieces, turmeric powder, asafoetida, curry leaves, ginger and green chillies and fry for a few seconds. Mix it with the batter.
Add chopped coriander leaves just before steaming the Idlis.
Now, place some raisins on the greased idli plates and then pour the batter and steam them for 15-20 minutes just like regular rice Idlis.
:- Serve hot with Coconut chutney and Sambar.

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Response (6)

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Priya March 24, 2005

Need to add more flavor

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Radha August 14, 2007

I did search in Google and looks like one of them is a copy…Dont know who is the copy cat 🙂

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lakshmi February 21, 2007

they came out verygud.thanks for recipe

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Raj May 6, 2007

Recipe came out good, add about 1/2 cup of rice to the equation and it tastes better. This recipe seems to be cut and paste job. just search for kancheepuram idli in google and you will see what I mean.


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umakumar March 4, 2005

excellent taste.

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Jayalakshmy Balan December 25, 2005

Yes I have prepared as instructed and the result FANTASTIC very delicious indeed full family enjoyed.

thank you dear

Kancheepuram Idli