Wheat Rava Idli

Ingredients

• 1 cup of wheat rava
• 1 1/2 cup of curd
• 1 teaspoon cooking oil
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon urad dal (black gram dal)
• 1/2 teaspoon channa dal (bengal gram dal)
• 1/2 teaspoon hing (asafoetida)
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon jeera
• 2 nos green chillies
• Few curry leaves
• Few coriander leaves
• Salt for taste

Method

1. Put one teaspoon oil in a pan.
2. Add mustard, urad dal, channa dal, pepper and jeera.
3. Let it splutter.
4. Add hing, green chillies and curry leaves.
5. Add rava and fry for 2 minutes.
6. Remove from burner and allow it to cool.
7. Mix rava and 1 cup curd with enough salt in a bowl.
8. Leave it for about half an hour.
9. Add the remaining curd and coriander leaves.
10. The batter consistency should be coarse.
11. Grease the idli plates with little oil.
12. Fill the idli plates with the batter.
13. Boil water in the pressure cooker and keep the idli stand in the pressure cooker and cover it with lid.
14. Steam it for 15 minutes on high flame and 5 minutes on low flame. (DO NOT PRESSURE COOK)
15. Poke the idlis with a spoon to check whether the idlis are cooked propely. If the idli does not stick on the spoon, it indicates that the idlis have got cooked well.
16. Wait for it to cool. Scoop out the idlis with a flat spoon.
17. Serve with chutney & sambar.