A traditional South Indian rice noodles that can be made at home.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time15 minutesmins
Course: Appetizer, Breakfast, Main Course, Snack
Cuisine: South Indian
Ingredients
2cupsParboiled Rice
Saltas per taste
Oillittle
Instructions
Wash and soak rice overnight. Next day, drain all the water, grind to a fine paste
Drain all the water and grind to a fine paste in a grinder. Keep sprinkling water while grinding as the dough has to be smooth and thinner than the idli batter.
Add salt and little oil. Mix thoroughly.
Grease idli plate with little oil.
Pour a ladleful of the batter into the greased idli moulds.
Steam cook for 10-20 minutes on low flame or until cooked.
Put one or two idlis at a time into the sevai press (sevai maker).
Press on to a large plate to get sevai or rice noodles.
Repeat the process for the remaining idlis.
Taking one ball at a time, put them in the Sevai press and press on to large plate. Sprinkle some oil all over so that they do not stick to each other.
Method 2
Pour 1 tbsp oil into a thick bottomed vessel over low flame.
Add the batter.
Keep stirring all the while till batter is cooked. When done, the batter will have a shiny appearance.
Remove the vessel from fire and allow to cool a bit.
Grease idli moulds with little oil.
Using wet fingers take some of the batter, make medium sized balls and put them into idli plate.
Steam cook for 10-20 minutes on low flame or until cooked.
Taking one ball at a time, put them in the sevai press and press on to large plate to get rice noodles.
Sprinkle some oil all over so that they do not stick to each other.