Recipe: at dinner Spot Idli

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Spot Idli. The fact that ground and fermented rice and optionally lentil flour is steamed to make soft airy idlis is well known. But there are places in hyderabad like govind ki bandi that are known for something called spot idli. It is made from idli batter or a non fermented instant idli batter.

What further distinguishes special Hyderabadi instant spot idlis is that they are not steamed but cooked in a delectable masala mixture, making them deliciously crispy on the outside and soft inside.

MasterChef runner-up Neha Deepak Shah recently shared an easy recipe for Hyderabadi spot idli that you can try at home.

In this video, we will make Spot Idli Recipe, which is a very popular street food in Hyderabad.

You can cook Spot Idli using 38 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Spot Idli

You need 1 1/2 cup of idli rice.
It’s 1/2 cup of urad dal without skin.
It’s 3 tbsp of poha.
It’s 1/2 tsp of methi dana.
It’s as needed of Salt.
It’s 1 tsp of Masala for podi.
It’s 2 tbsp of chana dal.
You need 1 1/2 tsp of dhania.
Prepare 1 1/2tsp of urad dal.
You need 1/2 tsp of methi.
Prepare 1 tsp of rai.
Prepare 1/2 tbsp of zeera.
It’s 4-5 cloves of garlic.
It’s 5-6 of curry leaves.
Prepare 3 pc of imli.
Prepare 3 tbsp of kashmiri red chilli powder.
You need to taste of salt.
It’s 1/2 tsp of ghee.
It’s of For spot idli :.
Prepare 1/2 cup of onion chopped.
It’s 1 cup of chopped tomatoes.
Prepare 2-3 of green chilli chopped.
Prepare of Prepared podi masala.
You need As needed of Coriander leaves chopped.
It’s 1/2 tsp of Butter.
You need of For chutney.
You need 1/4tsp of coconut.
You need 3 cloves of garlic.
Prepare 2 of green chillies.
It’s 1/2 tsp of pepper powder.
It’s As neededa of Salt.
You need 1 tsp of sugar.
You need 200 gms of curd.
You need of For tempering.
It’s leaves of Fee curry.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of rai.
It’s 3-4 of dry red chillies.
It’s As needed of Oil.

This soft and crispy idli is cooked on a tawa, in butter and spices unlike a regular idli which is steamed unflavored.

The idli batter is made from Idli Rawa or Cream of Rice and Skinless Black Gram aka Urad Dal.

Spot Idli - Unique & Crispy Hyderabadi Recipe using Idly Rava and Dal Batter - CookingShooking.

Homemade rice and lentil-based batters available with an optional side of peanut coconut chutney. dosto aaj chaliye spot idli ki recipe banate hain, ye hyderabadi sytle me banegi. mast result aaega tawe par aap bhi try karna crispy aur soft ek hi saath :.

Spot Idli instructions

Soak rice in a separate vessel overnight. Also soak urad, methi and poha together in a vessel overnight..
Grind all the ingredients mentioned under chutney. Give tempering of oil, Rai, curry leaves and red chillies..
Next day first strain and grind the rice to a smooth paste by adding very little water. Then strain and grind urad mixture to a smooth paste by adding little water..
Mix rice and urad batter together very nicely and cover and keep it to ferment for 10 hours. Then add salt..
Heat a non stick pan. Add all the items mentioned under podi masala except salt and red chilli powder and roast on a low flame for 5 to 7 minutes. Remove in a plate to cool. Now add salt and red chilli powder. Grind in a mixie to get a powder nor too coarse nor too fine..
For spot idli…. Heat a nonstick pan. Add 1 tbsp onion, 2 tbsp tomatoes, 1 tbsp Coriander, 1/2 tsp chillies, 1 and 1/2 tbsp podi masala and 3 tbsp butter. Give it a good mix and cook for 2 minutes. It should be nice and bubbling. Now divide the masala into 4 sections in the pan itself. Pour a big spoonful of batter on these 4 sections each. Sprinkle some podi masala on top of the batter..
Cover the pan and cook on low flame for 5 to7 minutes. Flip and cook for 1 or 2 minutes. Yummiest spot idli is ready to gobble. Enjoy with chutney..

Serve oats idli hot or warm with coconut chutney or idli podi or sambar.

Grind or blend the oats to a fine flour.

Some of the ingredients that will be added to the idlis.

Idli recipe, Learn to make soft idli batter with rice or rava.

I am sharing both the methods in this post.