Rava Idli

This recipe can make 20 idlis.

Ingredients:

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• Rava/Sooji - 300 grams
• Sour Curd - 2 cups
• salt to taste
• Carrot,grated - l large
• Coriander leaves - few
• Mustard seeds - 1 tablespoon
• chana dal - 1 tablespoon
• Cashews ,broken - 10 to 15
• Ghee - 3 tablespoon
• Sugar - 1 tablespoon
• ginger - a one-inch piece
• green chillies - 2 to 3

Method:

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• Heat a kadai and dry roast the rava till it turns light golden in colour.

• Set aside to cool down to room temperature.
• Chop coriander leaves finely ,grate carrots and add to the roasted rava.
• Chop ginger and green chillies finely and add to the rava.
• Heat a tablespoon of ghee and add mustard seeds.
• When it splutters,add chana dal and saute till it turns golden brown and add to the rava.
• Add sour curd,a teaspoon of ghee and sugar to the rava.Mix well without forming lumps.Adjust the consistency with little water.
• Set aside the batter for 30 min.

After half an hour,the batter would have become more thick.Add little curd and bring it to the consistency of normal idly batter.

• Spread little ghee on each hole of the idly plate and pour a laddle of batter in each hole of the idly plate.
• Steam for 15 to 20 min.

Yummy idlis are ready.Serve hot with special coconut chutney/Potato masala.