Idiyappam Basic

Ingredients

• Rice Flour - 2 cups
• Hot Water as required
• Lemon Juice - 1-2 tsp
• Coconut - 3 tsp
• Salt to Taste

For Seasoning

• Mustard - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin(Jeera) Seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Urad Dal - 1/2 tsp
• Green Chillies - 2
• Channa Dal - 1/2 tsp
• Curry Leaves - 10
• Oil - 2 tsp

Procedure

In a wide bowl take the rice flour and add salt. Now pour in the hot water a little bit at a time to make a soft dough.

• 2 cups rice flour
• salt as per taste

The utensils required for making idiyappam include idle plates for steaming and the idiyappam maker (sancha in Hindi). Grease the idli plates with oil.

• oil for greasing

Insert the dough into the idiyappam maker. Press it for the idiyappam spirals to come out onto the idli plates.

Put the idli plates into a rice cooker (or pressure cooker without a whistle) and steam for 2 minutes.

Heat oil in a wide bottomed kadhai and add all the ingredients listed under seasoning. Once they start to crackle, add the idiyappam. Stir well to make sure everything is mixed. Turn off the stove. Add grated coconut and lemon juice.

• 2 tsp oil
• 1/2 tsp mustard
• 1/4 tsp cumin (jeera) seeds
• 1/2 tsp urad dal
• 2 green chillies
• 1/2 tsp channa dal
• 10 curry leaves
• 3 tsp grated coconut
• 1-2 tsp lemon juice

Serve the yummy idiyappam hot!