HOTEL RAVA IDLI

HOTEL RAVA IDLI
Ingredients:
1 cup rava
1 cup curds (it should not be sour)
1 tsp eno fruit salt
½ tsp oil
½ tsp ghee
Salt to taste

To Temper:
¼ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
½ tsp urad dal
½ tsp channa dal
¼ tsp black pepper crushed (optional )
¼ tsp finely chopped ginger
1 tsp finely chopped green chillies
4 cashew nuts chopped roughly

To Garnish
Few carrot strips thinly grated
Few cooked green peas (optional)
Few roasted cashew nuts (optional)

Method:
Heat a wok with the oil and ghee.
Add in all the ingredients to temper.
Sauté well, add in the rava and stir on medium heat.
Remove and let it cool.

Now add in the curds, eno fruit salt, salt and enough
water to make into thick idli batter.
Oil the idli plates. Lay few strips of carrot 1 pea and ½ cashew nut in the plate.
Pour the rava curd mixture, steam till cooked.
You will get super soft rava idlis.
Mint and coconut chutneys are a super combination for this idli.

Note: you have to steam the idlis, as soon as you mix the water and eno salt.
Other wise the batter will become very thick and soggy.

You will get about 7 idlis with 1 cup of rava.