Rava/Sooji (semolina) idli (south Indian dish)

• Servings: 3-4
• Soaking time: 30-40 minutes.
• Preparation time: 9 minutes.
• Cooking time: 10 minutes.
• Total time: 19 minutes.

“Rava/Sooji (semolina) idli (south Indian dish)” is a soft, fluffy, and mildly spiced South Indian delicacy made from semolina (rava or sooji) instead of the traditional rice and lentil batter. It’s a quick and wholesome dish that doesn’t require fermentation, making it a popular choice for an instant and light breakfast.

Steamed to perfection and often tempered with mustard seeds, curry leaves, and cashew nuts, Rava Idli offers a delightful aroma. Served hot with Coconut Chutney and Sambar, it’s a comforting and nutritious meal — a perfect balance of simplicity, flavour, and tradition that makes every South Indian breakfast complete.

This is an extremely nutritious and tasty recipe and a wonderful variety of Idli if you are bored of having the same rice Idli over and over again.

Try cooking this easy and healthy Rava Idli variety at home for a quick bite and enjoy eating.

Ingredients:

• Rava/Sooji: 1 cup
• Curd: one and half cup
• Salt: 1 teaspoon
• Asafoetida: 1 pinch
• Turmeric powder: 1 pinch
• Fresh coriander leaves: 2 tablespoon
• Cashew nut: 10-12
• Fresh coconut: 1 tablespoon
• Ginger: 2” piece
• Ghee (clarified butter): 1 teaspoon
• Cooking oil: 2 teaspoon

Preparation:

1. Heat ghee in a fry pan, add Sooji; roast Sooji on medium low flame till it gets golden in color(about 2-3 minutes) Keep aside.
2. Chop fresh coriander leaves, ginger, coconut and cashew nut. Keep aside.
3. Roast coconut and cashew nut on medium low flame for one minute till it gets golden in color. Keep aside.
4. Take a mixing bowl; put curd, salt, asafoetida and turmeric powder; mix properly, add fresh coriander leaves, fried cashew nut, chopped ginger and fried coconut.
5. Add fried Sooji into the curd mixture. Stir properly; cover the mixture; leave it for 30-40 minutes.

Method:

1. Smear the idli stand cups with little ghee/oil.
2. Pour ladleful mixture in idli stand cavity.
3. Place the idli cooker on the gas with a cup of water, heat the water.
4. Place the idli stand into the idli cooker and close the lid.
5. Cook until toothpick inserted near the centre of the idli comes out clean, It will take about 8-10 minutes.
6. Take out this idly with the help of spoon, and transfer into serving bowl.
7. Light fluffy rava idli is ready to serve with Masala Sāmbhar and Coconut Chutney.
8. You can also serve with Tomato Onion Chutney and Dry Sesame Seed Chutney.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Rava/Sooji (semolina) idli (south Indian dish) by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.