Instant Rava Idli

(from Nandini’s recipe box)

Categories: Idli

Ingredients

  • 1 catori semolina (rava)
  • 1 catori sour curds
  • 1/4 tsp soda
  • 4 green chillies,
  • 1/4 inch ginger,
  • 4 curry leaves (grind to a fine paste)
  • coriander leaves - 2 tsps (chopped finely)
  • 1 flat tsp salt

Directions

  1. Dry roast the rava till it is slightly brown. Allow it to cool.

  2. Heat one and a half teaspoons oil.

  3. To it add Mustard seeds, hing, few curry leaves, half teaspoon urad dal and few pieces of

  4. cashewnuts broken into small pieces. After the oil cools rub it with the rava properly. Then add

  5. rest of the ingredients but soda should be added last. Pre heat the cooker with water. Then add

  6. the soda at the last moment i.e. a minute before putting it in the cooker which has been pre

  7. heated.The consistency for the idlis should be of dropping consistency. The quantity of curds

  8. should not be increased. If you feel the batter is thick then add a little water to reach the desired

  9. consistency.

  10. Put it in the idli mould and steam it for seven minutes

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