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  1. CW: Food (vegetarian) (text and photos)

    I keep finding myself talking to people about idli, and also a friend reminded me that I used to post about restaurants on the internet, so here’s (what might be the first in a series of posts about) my thoughts on idli from a restaurant in Croydon.

    Lunch today was idli from SKVP (Shree Krishna Vada Pav) on London Road. This is part of a chain; I’ve previously been to the one in Harrow, and failed to go to the one in Hounslow because it was temporarily closed when I got there. The entire menu is vegetarian, and they have separate listings of no-onion-no-garlic food and vegan food.

    The idli were smaller than usual, but there were four of them instead of the usual three. They were very slightly on the dense side, but properly cooked all the way through, so overall the texture was fine. There was a pleasing level of sourness.

    The chutneys were less to my taste. The white one had an unpleasantly raw taste, and was also quite runny. The green one was overwhelmingly sweet and even runnier. The red one had a good texture but lacked tomato flavour; it was also quite sour, which it shouldn't be, so I wonder if it was made with unripe tomatoes.

    The sambar was good — plenty of flavour, pleasing texture, neither too thick nor too runny.

    Verdict: I wouldn’t order idli from here again, mainly because of the chutneys not being up to scratch.

    #Croydon #Idli #IndianFood

  2. #Fotovorschlag Dinge die mit O beginnen oder so aussehen

    #Oberleitung in #chennai im indischen Bundesstaat #tamilnadu

    Das Teil britzelte und brutzelte keinen Meter von uns entfernt, wie wir auf der #dachterrasse unseres Hostels saßen und #idli zum #frühstück aßen.

  3. Being in Bengaluru has required 100% of my attention, so I couldn’t even post. Today is the last day, last idli breakfast. Every day I have been ordering filter coffee along with my breakfast. Today the waiter didn’t ask for my order after coming by with water (a default) and I was disappointed that I’d have to wait until I could flag him down again.

    A few minutes later he came by, “Here’s your filter coffee ma’am”

    ❤️

    #food #south_indian_cuisine #idli

  4. A breakfast I’ve been daydreaming about. OK actually I ate two breakfasts worth of breakfast. In my defense, my stomach is at dinner time while it’s breakfast time in IST. #food #south_indian_cuisine #idli

  5. Maybe not best but surely amongst the topmost satisfying purchases from Costco yet - $8 dosa/idli batter (NJ provenance, zero unnecessary ingredients listed). Used half the 4 lb tub for brunch for steamed #Idli - and partner made some quick coconut chutney for it, and we had various milagai podi ("gunpowder") from India. Aaah! The idlis turned out fantastic!

    CW #Food #Indian

  6. For #lunch today, I tried making something shakshouka inspired - with my homemade #idli/ #dosai batter! Lucky for me that it turned out so well! :D 🍜

  7. It’s still not as good as the perfect idli I had in Bengaluru. I doubt I’ll ever get it that good. But I can slowly make this very good, just like I slwoly learned to make other precise foods. #cooking #food #idli

  8. The thing I think I cracked this time is cooking time and amount to put in the mold. In the instant pot, I need to warm the water on the sautee setting, then put in the stands, then set to pressure cook for 1 minute and separately set a timer for 10 minutes. After the 10 minutes are up, at which point the 1 minute steam will be done, manual release the steam. Then wait a moment to take them out of the molds. #cooking #food #idli

  9. My best homemade idli so far this morning! The batter was fermented yesterday and was in the fridge. I think it keeps fermenring in the fridge, just slowly so if anything the batter was fluffier.

    #cooking #food #idli

  10. It took less than a week since the last batch and now I crave idli again. So, this evening the urad dal goes on to soak. Tomorrow is a work from home day so I can prep and put on the batter to ferment in breaks. #cooking #food #idli

  11. I turned this thread about idli into a blog post with a bit more context and some new photos.

    Idli obsession: On a mission to make the deceptively simple South Indian breakfast

    rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/202

    #cooking #food #idli

  12. 7 Unique #Idli Varieties From India
    1. Ramasseri Idli (Kerala)
    2. Palak (Spinach Idli) Maharashtra
    3. Muday Idli (Malnad, Karnataka)
    4. Sanna (Goa and Konkan region)
    5. Rava Idli (Karnataka)
    6. Thatte Idli (Karnataka)
    7. Kanchipuram Idli (Tamil Nadu)

  13. For dinner today: thatte #idli from homemade batter, mango sambar, coconut chutneys (tomato and coriander) and malgapodi. 🍜 #IndianFood

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lde27codxx2uxhwpjpapnjyn/post/3lm37hpnsw22n

  14. CW: food

    My Indian auntie made rava idli with chutney for me yesterday and I could not ask for a better Xmas gift 🥰 😭

    #idli #IndianFood #chutney #food

  15. Also: we had dinner at Pongal tonight—which has been a favorite for, what is it now, 27 years?—and it’s still great! They just moved across the street 2 weeks ago.

    Now cometh the hashtags: #CurryHill #idli #MeduVada #uttapam #dosa #MysoreMasala

    (P.S. the east 20s is such a great neighborhood.)

  16. Just saying - The best kind of days are idli days 🤷‍♀️
    With Chicago being so gray for the last few days, cooking delicious Indian meals is a way to spice it up and also let your creative juices flow!!
    #cooking #creativity #food #foodporn #indianfood #vegetarian #idli #chicago #chicagoweather #joy

  17. CW: Idlies

    Though I make decent Dosais, I suck badly at making idlies. (In our house there is no Idli cooker, we steam Idlis in old style vessel). It doesn't help that my mom and wife are expert Idli makers. Today was the rare day I got it right. So recording it for posterity. #Idli #இட்லி