Easiest Way to Royal at dinner Kanchipuram Temple Idlis

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Easiest Way to Royal at dinner Kanchipuram Temple Idlis Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Kanchipuram Temple Idlis. Tempered with black peppercorns, cashews, and coconut, Kanchipuram Idli is a textured variant of the humble idli. The idli derives its name from the famous temple-town of South-India - Kanjeevaram or Kanchipuram. Served in Sri Varadarajaperumal Temple, the idli is also known as kovil or Koil idli.

Kanchipuram idli with step by step photos.

Kanchipuram idlis are a well known variety of idlis.

These are idlis spiced with cumin, pepper and ginger powder.

You can have Kanchipuram Temple Idlis using 9 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Kanchipuram Temple Idlis

  1. Prepare 1 cup of Idli Rice.

  2. You need 1 cup of Raw Rice.

  3. Prepare 1 cup of Urad Dal.

  4. It’s 1 tsp of Crushed pepper.

  5. Prepare 1 tsp of Cumin.

  6. You need Leaves of Curry.

  7. Prepare 1 of generous pinch of Ginger Powder.

  8. It’s 1 pinch of asafoetida.

  9. You need of Salt as per taste.

Kanchipuram Idli is a special kind of idli that is served as prasadam in the famous Varadaraja Perumal Temple in Kanchi.

It has a distinctive flavour because of the spices used in the tempering that is added to the batter.

The idlis are cooked in bamboo casings lined with dried "mandharai" leaves.

The mandharai leaves add to the flavour of the idlis.

Kanchipuram Temple Idlis instructions

  1. Wash and soak the rice and urad dal. Grind into a smooth batter. Add salt and mix and keep aside to ferment for 7-8 hours or overnight..

  2. Before making idlis, add all the other ingredients and give it a good mix. Now take steel glass and Grease it with ghee or oil. Pour 3/4 of the glass and steam it for 10-15 minutes or until done. Cool and demould. Serve hot with chutney and enjoy..

The batter for the idlis is mixed with spices and steamed.

I adapted the recipe from here.

Kanchipuram Idli Recipe with stepwise photos.

These traditional, famed idlis are served as prasadham in the famous Sri Varadharaja Perumal Temple in Kanchipuram and hence called as Kanchipuram Idlis.

These are also called as Kudalai Idli or Tumbler idli depending on the mould we use to make the idlis.