Yellow solam idli | Sorghum idli | Jowar idli | Jolada idli

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, south india| Cooking Time: 10-15 minutes | To Serve: 3 | Type : Breakfast | Take with : Coconut Chutney, sambar

Ingredients

• Yellow grain sorghum [Manjal Cholam, solam, Jowar]- 2 cups
• Urad dal – ½ cup
• Salt to taste
• Water as needed

Preparation

• Wash and soak yellow sorghum, urad dal, and fenugreek seeds separately overnight. Then drain water.
• In a grinder add yellow sorghum & grind to nice batter with enough water.
• Then add urad dal & grind to smooth batter with enough water.
• Transfer both batter to a container then add sea salt / normal salt then mix well cover it and leave it for fermentation (approximately 8 hours).
• Heat idli cooker with water & let it boil.
• Then grease idly plates with oil, pour batter in each cavity, place it in boiling water, cover lid and steam it for 8 to 10 min.
• Then Serve hot with coconut chutney.

Yellow jolada[chola] idli