La de lah Idli

The tam brahm genetics is hard wired to Idli. As opposed to the Gujju genetic which is favourable to "Itli". Being a hardcore TB the pleasures of a Idli are many. One of the simple pleasures of living in Mumbai was to go to the streetside dosa wallah and have a steaming hot idli and molagaipodi. If you timed it right you could get your idli just when he was getting it off the steamer and it would be soft and awesome in too many ways to describe. But alas poor Perumal or Kandasamy the BMC has to play spoilsport and he has disappeared from Matunga. The muttai dosai was also awesome and so was his masala vadai. And his molagapodi actually had a kick to it. Anyway getting back on track the idli is so awesome. The pleasures of going by train to "native place" (My native place is Wadala but then...) was that in addition to puliyodharai sadham and thayir satham you would get Idlis coated with Molagapodi for breakfast. These Idlis would be soaking in the Molagapodi and oil overnight and were insanely great the morning after. Wonder why is it that no restauranteur makes it. I am sure if you mark it as day old both Thayirsatham and molgapodi idli would rock..