Ingredients: 1 and 1/2 cups long grain rice 840g of boiled red kidney beans (2 cans) 1/3 cup cooking oil 2 bay leaves 4 cloves 4 green cardamom pods 1 inch cinnamon stick 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 large onion, thinly sliced 1 tbsp ginger&garlic paste 1 large tomato, chopped 3/4 tsp ground turmeric 1 tsp ground coriander 3/4 tsp ground hot chilli salt to taste some chopped coriander leaves

Ingredients: FOR TEMPERING 1 tbsp of cooking oil 2 to 3 pinches of asafoetida powder 1/3 tsp of cumin seeds 3/4 tsp of mustard oil 8 to 10 curry leaves FOR IDLI BATTER 1 cup of semolina/ rava 1/2 cup of yoghurt 1/2 tsp of salt 1 tbsp of chopped coriander leaves 2 green chillies, chopped 1 tsp of fruit salt / ENO 3/4 cup of water