How to make idli at home?

Ingredients
Rice...............................................2 cups
Urad daal.......................................1 cup (soaked overnight)
Salt.................................................1 1/2 tbs
Baking soda....................................a pinch
Oil for greasing

Method

1. Wash and drain the rice. Grind it coarsely in a blender.

2. Grind the overnight soaked daal into a smooth paste.

3. Now mix the grinned rice and daal together into a batter.

4. Add salt and baking soda into this mixture and keep aside in a warm place for 8-9 hours or overnight for fermenting.

5. Grease the idle holder or pan with oil and fill each of them with 3/4th full of batter.

6. Steam cook idlis on medium flame for about 10 minutes or until done.

7. Use a butter knife to remove the idlis.

8. Serve them with sambhar or coconut chutney.