Rava Idli is a famous south Indian dish. It is one of the simple recipe which we can use for a quick meal, dinner, lunch, etc. Rava Idli is a simple, healthy recipe and completes your appetizer. It is very soft and very easy to make. You can enjoy this by making it at home. The ready-made MTR is also available in the market by using which you can also make idli. You can also eat it as a snack and serve it with peanut sauce or coconut chutney.

Ingredients

• 1 cup rava suji (semolina)
• 1 cup curd
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 tbsp soda-bi-carb (mitha soda)
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tbsp chopped curry leaves
• 3/4 tbsp salt
• 1/4 tbsp grated coconut(optional)

Method to prepare rava idli it in microwave

• In a flat dish, microwave 1 tbsp oil for 1 minutes.
• Add suji, mix well.
• Microwave it for 1 minutes and add curry leaves & salt.
• Mix these mixture properly.
• Allow to cool.
• Add coconut, curd, water, mitha soda.Keep aside for 10 minutes.
• Grease small glass bowl or micro proof idli maker.
• Pour 3-4 tbsp mixture in each bowl.
• Arrange in a ring in microwave .
• Microwave it for 4 minutes.
• If the idlies appear wet, wait for 5 minutes.
• After 5 minutes usually they get done.
• Idli is ready.

Method to prepare it by using cooker

• Method is almost same, take a pan add some oil and also add rava suji in it.
• Cook it for 2 minutes.
• Put it into a bowl and add salt and curry leaves in it.
• Allow to cool it.
• Now add water, curd and mitha soda in it, mix it properly.
• Take a cooker and add a water in it and place it on flame to boil.
• Take a idli stand and get smoother it with oil.
• Fill idli stand with this mixture.
• Place a stand in cooker and close it with lid but without whistle.
• Cook it for 6-8 minutes.
• Keep a flame to the point so that constant boiling of water.
• After 7 minutes open the cooker and refer to put the knife in idli.
• If the mixture not stickes with knife, means idli ready.
• Take out idli stand from cooker.
• Keep it cool.
• And then serve it.

Method to serve

• Garnish idli with curry leaves and serve it with coconut chutney or peanut sauce.

Tip

• You can also add a finely chopped mixed vegetables likes beans,carrot,cabbage and peas in idli batter.
• You can also make idli by using ready made rava idli MTR.
• If you do not have soda-bi-carb (mitha soda), then you can also use ENO (Fruit salt).