Rava Idli
Steamed semolina cakes with a mustard seed tempering and yoghurt — soft idlis without an overnight ferment.

Prep
12 min
Cook
18 min
Total
30 min
Serves
4
Per serving
321 kcal
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Instructions
Step 1: Heat the vegetable oil and pop the mustard seeds with the urad dal, curry leaves, cashew nuts and green chilli.
Step 2: Roast the semolina in the same pan until it smells toasted.
Step 3: Mix with the plain yoghurt, water, grated carrot and salt, then rest the batter.
Step 4: Stir in the baking powder, spoon into greased moulds and steam until a skewer comes out clean.
Ingredients
Quantities update automatically for 4 servings.
- 200 gSemolina
- 200 gPlain yoghurt
- 120 mlWater
- 1 tspMustard seeds
- 1 tspUrad dal
- 10 leavesCurry leaves
- 20 gCashew nuts — halved
- 2 wholeGreen chilli — chopped
- 1 smallCarrot — grated
- 1 tspBaking powder
- 2 tbspVegetable oil
- ¾ tspSalt
Nutrition
Nutrition per serving, calculated from the ingredient list. Not yet reviewed.
- Calories
- 321 kcal
- Protein
- 9.6 g
- Carbohydrates
- 43.4 g
- Fat
- 12.4 g
- Saturated fat
- 2.5 g
- Fibre
- 2.9 g
- Sugar
- 4.1 g
- Sodium
- 534 mg
These figures are estimates for general information only and are not medical or dietary advice.