South Indian Recipes Using Ultra Wet Grinders

Perfect Batter and Authentic Results with Step-by-Step Procedures

Ultra Wet Grinders are engineered for cool grinding, improved aeration and consistent texture. These features make them ideal for preparing traditional South Indian batters. Below are detailed recipes with complete soaking, grinding, mixing and cooking procedures.

1 . CLASSIC SOFT IDLI

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Prep Time: 6 hours soaking plus 20 minutes grinding

Cook Time: 12 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Idli rice – 3 cups
Whole urad dal – 1 cup
Fenugreek seeds – 1 teaspoon
Salt – to taste
Ice-cold water

Step-by-Step Process

1 . Wash and Soak

Rinse idli rice thoroughly and soak for 4 to 6 hours.
Rinse urad dal and soak with fenugreek seeds for 2 to 3 hours.

2 . Grinding Urad Dal

Add soaked urad dal to the Ultra Wet Grinder.
Grind while adding ice-cold water in small intervals.
Grind for 20 to 25 minutes until batter becomes light and fluffy.

3 . Grinding Rice

Add soaked rice.
Grind by adding water gradually until batter is smooth but slightly grainy.

4 . Mixing

Mix both batters with your hand to help fermentation.

5 . Fermentation

Let the batter ferment for 8 to 12 hours until it doubles.

6 . Steaming

Pour batter into greased idli moulds.
Steam for 10 to 12 minutes.
Rest 2 minutes before removing.

2 . CRISP GOLDEN DOSA

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Prep Time: 6 hours soaking plus 25 minutes grinding

Cook Time: 5 mins per Dosa

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Dosa rice – 3 cups
Urad dal – 1 cup
Cooked rice – 2 tablespoons
Fenugreek seeds – ½ teaspoon
Salt

Step-by-Step Process

1 . Soaking

Soak rice and fenugreek together for 6 hours.
Soak urad dal separately for 2 to 3 hours.

2 . Grinding

Grind urad dal until smooth and fluffy.
Grind rice and cooked rice together until smooth.
Combine the two batters.

3 . Fermentation

Leave for 8 to 10 hours.

4 . Cooking

Pour batter onto a medium-hot tawa.
Spread thinly and cook until golden.

3 . MEDU VADA

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Prep Time: 2 hours soaking plus 20 minutes grinding

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Urad dal – 1 cup
Pepper – ½ teaspoon
Cumin – ½ teaspoon
Curry leaves – chopped
Salt

Step-by-Step Process

1 . Soaking

Soak urad dal for 2 hours.

2 . Grinding

Add dal to grinder.
Add very little water at intervals.
Grind until batter becomes thick, smooth and fluffy.

3 . Shaping and Frying

Wet palms and shape vadas.
Fry in medium-hot oil until crisp and golden.

4 . KUZHI PANIYARAM

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Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Dosa batter – 2 cups
Onion – ¼ cup
Curry leaves
Mustard – 1 teaspoon
Green chilli – optional

Step-by-Step Process

Temper mustard, curry leaves and onions.
Mix tempering into batter.
Heat paniyaram pan and grease.
Pour batter into moulds.
Cook both sides until crisp and golden.

5 . ADAI DOSA

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Prep Time: 3 hours soaking plus 15 minutes grinding

Cook Time: 15 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Raw rice – 1 cup
Toor dal – ½ cup
Chana dal – ½ cup
Urad dal – ¼ cup
Red chillies – 4
Curry leaves

Step-by-Step Process

1 . Soaking

Soak rice, dals and red chillies for 3 to 4 hours.

2 . Grinding

Grind coarsely in Ultra Wet Grinder.

3 . Cooking

Heat tawa.
Spread batter slightly thick.
Drizzle oil and cook both sides.

6 . APPAM

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Prep Time: 4 hours soaking plus 6 hours fermentation

Cook Time: 5 mins per Appam

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Raw rice – 2 cups
Cooked rice – ½ cup
Grated coconut – ½ cup
Yeast – ½ teaspoon
Sugar – 1 teaspoon
Salt

Step-by-Step Process

1 . Grinding

Grind raw rice, cooked rice and coconut to a smooth consistency.

2 . Fermentation

Add yeast and sugar and ferment for 6 hours.

3 . Cooking

Heat appam kadai.
Pour batter and swirl.
Cook covered until edges turn lacy.

7 . UTHAPPAM

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Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins per Uthappam

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Dosa batter
Onion
Tomato
Green chilli
Coriander

Step-by-Step Process

Pour thick batter onto hot tawa.
Add chopped toppings.
Flip and cook both sides.

8 . RAGI IDLI OR DOSA

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Prep Time: 3 hours soaking plus 20 minutes grinding

Cook Time: 12 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Whole ragi – 1 cup
Urad dal – 1 cup
Poha – 2 tablespoons

Step-by-Step Process

Soak ragi, urad dal and poha separately.
Grind urad dal to fluffy consistency.
Grind ragi smooth.
Mix and ferment 8 hours.
Steam or prepare dosas.

9 . MASALA DOSA BATTER

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Prep Time: 6 hours soaking plus 25 minutes grinding

Cook Time: 5 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Idli rice – 3 cups
Raw rice – 1 cup
Urad dal – 1 cup
Chana dal – 2 tablespoons
Fenugreek – 1 teaspoon

Step-by-Step Process

1 . Soaking

Soak rice mixture separately from dals.

2 . Grinding

Grind urad dal smooth.
Grind rice mixture slightly coarse.
Combine the two batters.

3 . Fermentation

Leave overnight to ferment.

4 . Cooking

Prepare as regular dosa and add potato masala.

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