Idli is a common breakfast dish for most people in South India. Although a very healthy dish (it is a steamed rice/lentil cake and uses very little oil), you need to plan making the dish as the rice and dal need to be soaked and then ground for making the batter. My husband is from Mysore & like all households in the south, my mother-in-law has handy recipes which are similar to idli which can be prepared instantly without much planning ahead. Like she says when you feel like eating idlis you should eat idlis! :) Of course, these days there are all kinds of batters/powders readily available in grocery stores, but this is a recipe which one can put together with simple ingredients at home. So here goes...:)