What is the origin of 'Iddly' and how the name was derived - meaning?

Question

How the name of south indian dish 'Iddly' is derived?

Answer 1

IDLY- I think the following answer your question.

The word idli originates from the two Tamil words - "Ittu" and "Avi" (To lay and steam). Although the precise history of the modern idli is unknown, it is a very old food in southern Indian cuisine. The first mention of it in writings occurs circa 920 A.D., and it seems to have started as a dish made only of fermented black lentil. One description circa 1025 A.D. says the lentils were first soaked in buttermilk, and after grinding, seasoned with black pepper, coriander, cumin and asafoetida. The king and scholar Someshwara III, reigning in the area now called Karnataka, included an idli recipe in his encyclopedia, the Manasollasa, written in Sanskrit ca. 1130 A.D. There is no known record of rice being added until some time in the 17th century. It may have been found that the rice helped speed the fermentation process. Although the idli changed in ingredients, the preparation process and the name remained the same-.

Answer 2

Since IDLE people liked this
dish, it was given this name.
Making of Iddly, is an idle
and lethergic persons' job.
It requires no skill to make.

Another version is: in South India,
there are millions of temples and
millions of Idols in them. In order
to offer a cheap food as Prasadam,
for the idols in temples, the name of
this food item was given as iddly.

It is made by fermentation of wet rice
flour and steam cook it, next day.
Coconut Chutneys came later, to be added
while eating.

Answer 3

this is a traditional south indian dish made out of green gram and admixture of ravva and it will be grinded. this very soft and without iol. iddly originated from tamilnadu. and tamil culture and iddly is having unseperable affinity. they will take it with sambar. because it is having nutritious values without oil and steambased cooking. and good for health. it is originated from tamil and became popular all over india.