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This entry covers what the urad (black gram) does in idli and dosa batter. Rice and dehusked urad are soaked, ground, mixed and left overnight, and lactic bacteria from the grains make gas and acid. In a lab test, urad alone leavened but rice alone did not, so the urad carries the rise.
Fully documentedCereals and bread16 h – 19 h
Recipe
Amounts from a sourceLab batches from three studies, not a household recipe. Ratios and salt differ between the studies, as listed.
What changes:Urad and rice soak in water, in separate bowls
Step 1 of 4
Soak urad and rice separately
Time
4 h
Reported
Temperature
25–29 °C
Reported
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria
Output: soaked urad and rice.
Flavour
Not documented
Texture
swollen grains
Colour
Not documented
Microbes at work in this step
Not documented for this step.
Method
Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source
At a glance
This entry covers what the urad (black gram) does in idli and dosa batter. Rice and dehusked urad are soaked, ground, mixed and left overnight, and lactic bacteria from the grains make gas and acid. In a lab test, urad alone leavened but rice alone did not, so the urad carries the rise. Made in 4 steps over 16 h – 19 h. The longest step, ferment the batter, takes 12–15 h (Rani M 2019) and runs at 28–32 °C (Rani M 2019). Salt is 0.9–2 % (Rani M 2019). Weissella (the main genus in lab batter), with Enterococcus, Streptococcus, Leuconostoc, Lactococcus, Pediococcus and Lactobacillus; lactic acid bacteria were 86 percent of the bacteria and Leuconostoc mesenteroides and Streptococcus faecalis (now Enterococcus faecalis), found from the soak onward in earlier work do most of the fermenting.
Urad is what makes idli and dosa rise. Black gram alone leavened in the lab, rice alone barely changed, and the grains' own bacteria do the work with no starter.
Iddalige (920 CE)Black-gram-only batter without rice, in the Vaddaradhane [WP-Idli]
Sanna (Konkan/Goa)Toddy (palm wine) as leaven [WP-Idli]
Soy idliSoybean replaces urad at 1:2 or 1:3 soy:rice (1967-79 studies) [SIC-spec]
Millet idliFinger millet or pearl millet replaces part of the rice or is added at 10 percent; one lab study cut the fermentation from 12 h to 6 h with finger millet.
Safety
Sequencing found genera that include gut pathogens in some batters, and the batter is cooked by steaming or frying before it is eaten. Batter held at 4 degrees C did not ferment in the lab.
Hazards the sources name: Enterobacter, Cronobacter and Escherichia-Shigella (genus-level sequence reads above 1 percent in some batters; not tested for disease strains).
Achaya speculated an Indonesian 'kedli' origin for steaming; unconfirmed [WP-Idli]. Ramakrishnan (1979), cited by Shurtleff and Aoyagi, says idli and dosa have been basic foods in South India since at least 1100 CE [SIC-spec].