It is one of the popular south Indian breakfast dish. Made from semolina/ Rava.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups Rava/Semolina/Coarse Wheat middling
- 2 cups Sour Curd
- 1 Green Chili - grated
- 1 onion Chopped
- 1 Carrot grated
- Small piece ginger grated
- Few Coriander Leaves
- Few Curry Leaves
- Few Cashew Nuts
- Salt to taste
~For Seasoning:
- Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
- Urud Dal / White Lentils – 2 tsp(grown in Indian subcontinent- Available in Indian Store)
- Oil
Time Required: 30 mins
Method:
- In a bowl beat the sour curd and add the roasted rava and mix well without lumps with salt and soak it for 2 to 3 hrs.
- Pre heat the pan with oil for seasoning. Put the mustard seeds, urud dal allow them to splutter. Now add the ginger paste, onion, green chilies and fry for 2 mins. and then add the carrot grated and fry till the raw smell disappears. (you can skip the vegetables)
- When you ready to cook the idli, mix the above mixture in the rava batter and taste it if you need any more salt & spicy.
- Grease the idli molds and pour the mixture in idli stand. Steam the idli for ten minutes without whistles.
- Cool slightly before removing the idli from molds.
Serving: Serve hot Masala Rava Idli with coconut chutney.
