Wednesday, December 30, 2015

The Best of Both Worlds -- Home Made Soy Milk and Soy Bean Idli



I recently joined a chat-room formed by a group of Chinese-Indian couples, and came to know that many of them who stayed in China have problem finding Urad dal (small black bean). The main ingredient for Idli the south Indian Steamed Rice cake.

So I came up with the idea to make this steam cake from Soy and black bean, the common legumes used in China to make soy milk and tofu.

This way I could have my soy milk and my idli at the same time!

Ingredients:
1/2  cup black bean
1/2  cup soy bean
2 cups brown rice (or white rice)
1/4 Cup of cooked rice
1/4 tsp Funugreek seeds
1/2 tsp Salt



1. Soak Soy bean and black bean, rice and fenugreek seed separately overnight.

2. Next morning, add about 3-4 cups of water,  blend the soy bean and black bean, filter out the milk and double filter with cheesecloth/muslin cloth.

3. Boil the milk at low heat till it is cooked or until it doesn't smell raw any more, add some brown sugar/sugar, our home-made Soy milk is ready.

4. Turn the left over pulp from milk/Okara back to blended, add 1/2 cup of water, drained brown rice and fenugreek seed, cooked rice, grind them all into a smooth paste.

5. Pour the batter into a glass container and leave it at warm place for 8-10 hours(add 2-3 hours in winter). DO NOT tighten the lid, as gas form during fermentation.

6. When the paste double its size and smell a little sourish, add salt to taste and store the fermented paste in refrigerator.


Note:This batter could be store in the fridge for 1-2 weeks. If it become a little too sourish, add a pinch of baking soda to neutralize the sourish smell/taste.

7. To make idli (Steamed cake), oiled the idli pan or a few small plate, pour paste to about 3/4 of the pan, steam at high heat for 10 minutes, when the steam cake cold down a little, use a spoon to scoop out the cake.

Serve with Coconut chutneyMilagai Podi (Gun Powder) and Sambar.

Chinese ingredients to make traditional Indian food... how's that huh?



中文 -- 豆渣米蒸糕

4 comments:

  1. Hi. This is Angela. I left a comment before when I found your fantastic blog. Can you tell me how to get to the chat-room? I'd love to join the online community. :)

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  2. idli!~ i pernah makan sebelum ni...one of my friend yg buat, makan dengan chicken curry.. memang terangkat... :) love ur blog.... foodie pics here is so tempting....:)

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  3. Thanks Noorsha... I juga suka makan dengan kari Ikan... thanks for visiting my blog!!

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