Wednesday 15 February 2017

Rava idli

Ingredients
Rava - 1.5 cups
Curd -1.5 cups - 2 tsp
Carrot - 1
Beans - 2-3
Peas - 2 tbsp
Oil- 1 tbsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Cashew - 6-7( broken into small pieces)
Curry leaves - few
Green chillies - 1
Salt - as per requirement
Lemon - few drops
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp

Method

  1. Chop carrot and beans into very fine pieces. 
  2. Boil the vegetables along with peas, little salt and water in a pan till soft. Keep aside.
  3. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard. When it splutters, add curry leaves and then cashews.
  4. When cashewnuts turn brown, add rava and fry till there is no raw smell.(colour of rava should not change)
  5.  Keep 1 tsp of curd aside and take rest of the curd in a bowl. Add the boiled vegetables. Mix well.
  6. Add the roasted rava and mix well again. Check if the batter is of dropping consistency. If not, add little water and mix well again.
  7. Keep the idli cooker and the plates ready.
  8. To the reserved curd add baking soda and mix well.
  9. Add the baking soda mixture to the rava batter and beat well. The batter will turn frothy.
  10. Keep aside for 5-10minutes.
  11. Pour the batter in the idli plates.
  12. Steam for 10 minutes or till done.



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