Sunday, July 20, 2008

Instant Rava Idly ( without fermentation )




Ingredients:

  1. 1 Cup rava ( Semolina) ( barik rava/ fine semolina )
  2. 1 Spoon gram flour( बेसन) (spoon what we use for drinking soup)
  3. 1 Carrot , choped into small cubes
  4. 1 Tomato finely chopped
  5. Coriander leaves finely chopped
  6. Pinch of Baking soda
  7. pinch of citric acid
  8. Salt to taste
  9. Water
  10. 2 Table spoon oil
  11. Mustard seeds
  12. Cumin seeds
  13. Curry leaves
  14. Urid dal ( उडदाची दाळ)

Procedure:

  1. Mix Semolina ( rava) and gram flour (besan ) together with little water to make a batter Add a pinch of baking soda, add salt as per taste.
  2. Beat the mixture well
  3. Soak this mixture for 5 minutes.
  4. Add pinch of citric acid.
  5. Beat the mixture well again.
  6. Apply little oil to the Idly pan/Mould.
  7. First put the chopped vegetables ==>carrot,tomato in the mould.
  8. Then pour the batter in the moulds.
  9. Steam it in the cooker for around 7 - 8 minutes.
  10. Heat the oil in Iron wok, put mustard seeds, cumin seeds, chopped corriander leaves,curry leaves, urid dal.
  11. In this tadaka, put these Idlies.
  12. Shallow fry the idlies for 2-3 minutes.

Note: We can steam the idlies in normal steel pan as well. Keep little water in the pan and boil it. Then keep a small stand inside this pan, and then keep the mould/idly pan on it. Cover the outer pan.

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