Breakfast recipe : Rava Idli

RAVA IDLI

Preparation time : 10 mins
Cooking time : 15 mins
Serves : 2-3

Ingredients:

RAVA IDLI

• 1 cup Rava (suji / semolina)
• 1/4 cup Curd (Dahi)
• 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds (rai/sarson)
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
• 1 pinch Asafoetida (hing)
• 1 teaspoon Urad Dal (split black lentils)
• 1-2 sprigs Curry Leaves(Kadi patta)
• 2-3 green Chilli chopped.
• 1 cup Water
• 2 tsp finely chopped Coriander Leaves
• 3/4th tsp Eno Fruit Salt
• 2 tablespoons Oil
• 1/2 tablespoon Ghee
• Salt

Procedure:

• Take a deep bowl and pour one cup of rava in it.
• Add curd and water by gently stirring it , keep the rava batter aside for 10 mins.
• Heat oil in a pan , Add mustard seeds; when they start to crackle, add cumin seeds, asafoetida, green chilies ,curry leaves and urad dal. Sauté until dal turns light brown.
• Add the mixture to the rava batter and mix it well.
• Add coriander leaves and mix properly. 
• Pour 2 glasses water in steamer and heat over medium flame. Grease Idli molds (plates) with oil. 
• Add Eno fruit salt in batter sprinkle some water on the fruit salt  and stir for a minute.
• After sprinkling water on eno, you will notice bubbles on the surface of a batter so that idli becomes soft.
• Pour batter in greased molds and steam it on medium flame for 10 minutes. 
• Do not steam it on very high or very low flame.
• After 10 minutes, turn off flame and remove molds from steamer. When it cools down a bit, remove prepared idli from it.
• Instant rava idli is ready, serve with coconut chutney OR Sambar.