Idli and chutney

Idli basically belongs to Tamil Nadu. But The whole of South India has adopted this dish with their own twists.
Idlis are basically steamed food made of raw rice or Semolina( rava or sooji).
As a whole, Idli is a very healthy dish as it is made of healthy ingredients and is steamed. 
To make it more healthy i have added a bit of vegetables to my version of Idli.


Ingredients:

Idli:

Raw rice: 1 cup

Urud dal (deskinned and split black gram): 1/2 cup

salt: to taste
chopped Vegetables: 1/4rth cup( optional)

Chutney:

Coconut: 1/2 cup (scraped)

Green chilly: 1

salt: to taste

Mustard seeds: 1/4rth tsp

Curry leaves: 1 stem

Dry red chilly 1 or 2 de stemmed

Oil: to garnish

Preparation:

Idli:

Soak raw rice and urud dal for at least 4 hours. Grind them into a paste using adequate amount of water. Please make sure the paste is thick. Keep it for fermentation overnight. While about to prepare, you can add vegetables of your choice to the mixture, but make sure they are chopped well and it doesn't rule the taste of the idli. In a deep vessel boil water for steaming. Pour portions of the paste into the desired moulds (preferably idly moulds) and cover the lid for steaming. Steam for 5 to 10 minutes, depending on the size of the mould. check if the idlis are done by pricking it with a tooth pick. if it comes out clean, then idlis are done!

Please do not de mould the idlis immediately after taking out the steamer as it needs to be cooled before separating it from the moulds. use a butter knife or a spoon for the de moulding purpose and serve with chutney.

note-> you can add vegetables of your choice into the idli paste if you desire.

Chutney:

Grind scraped coconut, salt, green chilly and a little water in the mixer-grinder till a smooth paste of the ingredients are made. Pour it on to the serving bowl. Heat a little oil, preferably, coconut oil, splutter a few mustard seeds, curry leaves and dry chillies and pour over the chutney, serve with hot idlis...

YUM!