Idli with Coconut Chatani

Thought of the Day: Don't Ask why Healthy Food is so Expensive, Ask why Junk Food is so Cheap.

Ingredients :

Idli:

Rice - 3 cup


Urad dal -1cup


Fenugreek seed- 2teaspoon

Water as required - Appx 2 cup


Salt - To taste

Chatani (Sauce):
Fresh Coconut - 1 Bowl
Coriander leaves -1/2 bowl

Green Chilli 3-4 
Garlic Cloves 5-6
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Curry Leave 10-15
Whole Red Chilli- 4-5
Lime Juice - 1 tbsp
Oil - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste

Preparation Method:

Preparing Chatani:

1. Grind the fresh coconut in mixer bowl.
2. Add coriander leaves, Green chilli, Garlic and some water in mixer bowl. Make a fine paste.
3. Remove chatani paste in bowl and add Lime Juice and salt to taste.
4. Take oil in fry pan add mustard seed, once mustard start cracking add whole red chilli and curry leaves.
5. Pore the contents from fry pan over to chatani.

Preparing Idli:

1. Soak the rice and urad dal with Fenugreek seeds in separate bowls for at least 4 hours. 
2. 
Grind the soaked items separately in a mixer till smooth and frothy (add water little by little as required ).Mix the ground rice and urad dal together.
3. The batter should have a dropping consistency( not to thick not to thin).
4. Set aside in a warm place to ferment for 8 hours or overnight.
5. Now add Salt
.
6. Oil the idli steamer plates. Spoon the batter into the plates. 
Set the idli steamer into a large, pre heated pot with water in the bottom for steaming. 

7. Steam the batter for 10-15minutes or until fluffy. 
8. Remove idli from the steamer and serve warm with Chatani or Sambhar.