Idly/Dosa batter

What You Need:

Idly rice or Boiled rice – 3 cups

Urad dal – ¾ cup
Fenugreek seeds – 1tsp
Salt – 2tbsp

Method:

Soak rice and urad dal separately in water for 6 to 7 hours.

Idly rice

Urad dal and Fenugreek seeds soaked in water

First grind urad dal in wet grinder (also in blender if grinder is not available, it will take more than 15min) for 15min sprinkling water in a frequent intervals (the batter will look fluffy)
Remove from the grinder and keep it in a tall and spacious container. So that it will be easy to mix both rice and urad dal batter.
Now add the soaked rice to the grinder and grind it for 15 to 20min adding required water (little more water than urad dal batter, check in regular interval)
The rice batter will look thick and coarse. Add it to the urad dal batter.
Add salt and mix well with your hands till the batter gets mixed well. (heat in your hands will make the batter ferment fast).
Make sure to place them in a tall and spacious container as the batter will rise after fermentation.
Keep the container in a warm place overnight.
If you live in cold place keep the batter in oven (heat the oven for few min and switch off before keeping the batter)

Next day you will find the raised batter ready to use.