Thursday, January 27, 2011

Soft Yummy Rava Idlies


Ingredients:
Rava-2 cups
Baking Soda-1/4 tsp
Buttermilk-1-2 cups

Tadka:
Mustard seeds-1/4 tsp
Urad dal-1/4 tsp
Chana Dal-1/8 tsp
Green Chillies-2 chopped finely
Cashew Nuts-1/2 tsp
Ginger-A small bit
Salt-1/2 tsp

Garnish:
Carrot-4 baby ones,grated
Cilantro-Chopped
Peas-optional

Procedure:
1.In a little bit of oil,season mustard seeds,urad dal, chana dal, cashewnuts, green chillies and ginger.
2.Now add rava and saute till raw smell is gone and switch off stove. Allow this mixture to cool.
3.Add Baking soda, salt& buttermilk to this mixture until it reaches the consistency of idly batter.
4.Grease idly plates with a little oil, put a little bit of carrot,peas and cilantro. Now pour batter over this and cook until done.
5.Serve with any kind of coconut chutney. Rava idlies are good at room temperature too.

Makes about 20 or more idlies in total depending on the idly plate size.

1 comment:

  1. Tried this out a couple of weeks back. Turned out great!
    Changes I made: I added curry leaves when seasoning, and skipped the cashew nuts. I also skipped the carrots & peas. I did add the cilantro.

    I served it with Saagu and coconut chutney. I will post the saagu recipe soon.

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