Kanjeepuram Idli

Ingredients:
Par boiled 3 cupsUrad dhal 1 1/2 cupsDry ginger powder 1 tspPepper 1/2 tspCumin seeds 1/2 tspHing 1/4 tspCurry leaves a few Cooking Oil 6 tspGhee 2 tspSalt to taste.

Method :

Rinse and soak par boiled rice and urad dhal in water for 2 hours.
Grind the above and add hing and salt to this.
Keep it overnight so that this will ferment.
Fry pepper, cumin seeds, and curry leaves in oil and ghee.
Add this to the flour.
Add dried ginger powder and mix everything together.
Coat a flat vessel with oil, and pour the idli flour into this and cook for 10 minutes

Tomato Raita

For 4

Ingredients :
Curd 225 gm
Tomato 115gm
Onions 50 gm
Salt 10 gm
Green Chillies 10 gm
Chilli powder a pinch
Coriander leaves a few sprigs


Method :
1. Chop tomatoes, onion and green chillies very fine.
2. Add to beaten curd. Add salt amd mix well
3. Turn into a bowl and garnish with chilli powder and finely chopped coriander leaves.