RAVA IDLI WITH ENO SALT

I love to make Rava Idlies for two reasons.One being the batter can be prepared almost instantly and no advance planning is required.Secondly soft and fluffy idlies are always guaranteed unlike the regular idlies which largely depends on fermentation, weather etc.

The below recipes yields around 9-10 medium sized idlies. The rava can also be roasted and stored in air tight container so that it comes handy for preparing a quick breakfast.

Preparation time: 10 min Cooking time: 15 min Serves: 10 idlies Ingredients Coarse Rava/Bombay Rava: 1 cup Curd: 1/2 cup Ghee: 2 tsp Water: 1/2 cup Salt: 1/2 tsp Eno fruit salt: 1 tsp Chopped ginger: 2 tsp Chopped green chillies: 2 tsp Chopped coriander leaves: 1 tablespoon For Tempering Oil: 2 tsp Mustard seeds: 1 tsp Urad dhal: 1/2 tsp Channa dhal: 1 tsp Asafoetida: a pinch Curry leaves: a sprig For garnishing (Optional) Cashews fried in ghee: 10 Shredded carrot: 1 tablespoon Procedure: Heat 2 tsp of ghee in a pan and fry the rava until it gives out a nice aroma. Stir it continuously to avoid the rava getting burnt. Immediately transfer to another bowl Heat 2 tsp of oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. Once it starts spluttering add urad dhal, channa dhal and curry leaves. Add chopped ginger,asafoetida and green chillies and fry well Add this to the roasted rava Mix both water and curd and beat well Add this to the rava and mix well.Add the chopped coriander leaves as well Allow this to stand for 10 minutes After 10 minutes most of the moisture would have absorbed and the mixture will be little thick. Add Eno fruit salt and mix After adding the eno salt the mixture will become loose and frothy.  Grease the idli pan with little ghee/sesame oil Place the garnishes (Cashews and carrot) in the idli pan Now pour the batter above the garnishings Steam cook the idlies for 15 minutes Serve hot with chutney and sambar Notes: Add Eno salt just before steaming the idlies.Do not allow to stand after addin the eno salt If the mixture is too thick even after adding Eno salt, add little more water If Eno salt is not available, 1/2 tsp of baking soda can be used instead.However best results can be achieved only with Eno salt Best when served hot

Step by Step Pictures

Fry rava in ghee until a nice aroma comes out

Fry the urad dhal channa dhal along with chilli & ginger

Add to the rava and beat the curd

Add the curd and allow to stand for 10 min

Add Eno salt and pour into idli moulds