Idly
is the staple food in several South Indian families. Making the right
consistency of the batter and making soft idlies like sponge cake comes
naturally to several South Indians. My mother made soft idlies and I call them
as soft and white like “malliga poo”.
Although
I have always had one of the best idlies, idly was not my preference. I
preferred dosai over idly.
It
was when I moved to the US, I started missing the South Indian delicacies.
Until the time I got it easily, I never valued it. In memory of tasty food , I
tried making Idlies which were often like beerangi gundu. Yes that’s how my
appa and periappa called rock like idlies :-) I tried several proportions,
tried adding poha, yeast and what not. It wouldn’t get better at all.
The
need for a grinder dawned all of a sudden on me. It was the same time when my
mom also told that she felt the need for me to have a grinder. This time around my visit to India, a nice
grinder came back with me. I made tasty and soft idlies just like ‘malliga
poo’.
Bye
Bye Beerangi gundu !