Sunday, March 15, 2009
RAVA IDLY
HOW TO GET SOFTEST RAVA IDLY
Sorry for disappearing just like that for some days from blogging!!I was out for a holiday trip 
with friends
From now I think I would be able to be regular like before!
After I started cooking, I have tried making rava idli two or three times,but I was not much impressed with the results...Then one day,my friend S,asked me to try MTR instant mix for rava idli,which I liked so much!They say,that MTR only invented rava illi!! Then some period I was a big fan of that and even I have served my guests,and they also liked it so much...
Another day,I was feeling like eating rava idlies for dinner and I was not having any of this MTR instant mix,then since I have tasted bite by bite MTR rava idlies,I thought why not I try my own...(after so many years ;D).And I tried with one important ingredient,that I have never used before...That secret ingredient is "ENO FRUIT SALT" !!!! And since it was for dinner and I was all alone at my home,I was too lazy to browse for recipe too...So I made my own approximate recipe:)
The same day only I bought a bottle of ENO FRUIT SALT,for trying dhoklas....(okay,I had rava idlies also in my back of my mind...I agree).
And I made the mixture ready and was steaming and desperately waiting for the results...And when I sat down and took one piece in my hand,it was too soft and moist,and it just melted in my mouth!!!
I know you all would have got exhausted ...why this creature is telling like a thriller story?!!Come on....! I like rava idlies and this was the first time I got a perfect recipe:) Thats y!!! A rava idly lover can understand me...;D
So here's the recipe for you all who love to enjoy the spongy,moist,soft...... rava idlies!
Ingredients:(for making 10 - 12 Idlies)
| Rava/Sooji/semolina | 1 cup |
| Curd(sour or not sour depending upon ur taste) | 1/2 cup |
| Eno fruit salt(plain or lemon flavor) | 1 tsp |
| Lemon juice | 1/2 tsp |
| Ginger(chopped very fine or paste) | 1 tsp |
| green chillies(chopped very fine or paste) | 4 nos |
| curry and coriander leaves | 1 tblsp (chopped very fine) |
| Water | 1/2 cup(adjust to reach consistency) |
| Salt | As needed |
To temper:
| Mustard | 1 tsp |
| Urad dal(Ullutham paruppu) | 1 tsp |
| Channa dal(Kadala paruppu) | 1 tsp |
| Cashews | 1 tblsp (broken into small pieces) |
| Oil and ghee | 1 tblsp |
To decorate (optional)
| Carrot gratings | 1 tblsp |
| coconut gratings | 1 tblsp |
Method:
- Heat a kadai and add ghee and oil,splutter mustard and add the rest under To temper table.Then add the finely chopped ginger and chillies.( you can grind ginger and green chillies and use the paste too).
- Then add the sooji with curry leaves and coriander leaves to it and fry in a low flame taking care to not to change the colour of rava.
- After two min,transfer to a bowl,cool down and add the curd,enough water,lemon juice,salt mix well.(the consistency should be like our idly batter consistency,light and loose not too thick)
- Heat the idly cooker with water and let it be just ready for steaming and grease the idly plates with ghee/oil.
- At this time add the ENO salt to the batter and mix well( the eno salt should be active enough,so that when you add and mix the batter,small bubbles will be coming,which makes the batter frothy)
- Immediately,pour into the idly moulds and steam for 5-7 minutes.(to check if its done,insert a knife or spoon back and it should come clean)
- Your spongy,moist,soft rava idlies are ready now! Garnish if desired and Serve with coconut chutney or your choice of chutney!!!
To get the perfect idlies:
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These Idlies stay soft till you eat...i.e; for long time,so you can make it for your guests and keep,no worries...it will be soft as when you take out from the idly mould!!
Any doubts,feel free to ask me,I am here to help you out to get a perfect idly!! I assure you :)
And now coming to the exciting moments to share with you all...!
- My blog has been featured in Times Of India(New Delhi edition),Friday supplementary What's Hot,Blog-e-binge, section on February last week Friday edition!! Hurray!!
Here's a screen shot!!
2. After I came back from a short trip,I opened my mail box,I had a surprise mail from Nags of Edible garden,saying that my entry Suzhiyan Recipe had won the "The Super Chef" title for the Recipe Diary contest and she have asked me to choose a cook book as a prize from her list!!!
I am so grateful to her and her mom,who acknowledged my recipe!!
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congratulations Raks for 3 great news.... for your article being published on newspaper, for winning nag's event... and thirdly for getting perfect rava idlis!! hats off to u.
Woowie...Rava Idlis have come out fluffy and nice! I hope you enjoyed your trip to the fullest! Great pictures as usual :D
Hi,
Good to see u bk :) hope u had a great time on ur trip :)
Congratulations on ur award and also being featured in the newspaper.Am so happy for u! wish u lots of success in all ur future venture too!
Rava idli's look so soft and perfect.
Happy Weekend.
TC
Congratulations Raks For all ur achivements. Lovely pics of rava idlies. Hope u had a nice trip.
Congratulations on all your achievements! wow! great that u got featured in times..Great news!
nice recipe! idly looks lovely!
Congrats on the rava idlies, mention in TOI and for winning Nags's event :)
I really liked this post... I could feel the happiness you must have felt after the idlies came out perfect... :)
- Indhu (www.thayirsaadham.com)
Congrats and great to see u back, I use eno to rava idlies too! They look great.
hi though it is a long gap,u gave us a wonderful treat. twice or thrice i made these rava idlis at home. didnt came out well. will surely try ur recipe. And congrats on ur success and wish u all the best in future too
hey raji, good to see u back. was missing your yummy posts and the lovely clicks :)
pics look awesome and is making me hungry in the middle of the night!! Congrats on your win and also for the article. Wonderful!
Welcome back dear..hope you had nice trip and enjoyed it....did you got the earnings ;)?? Okie am a fan of rava idlies..and this looks so perfect...let me try once I get eno....wonderful pics as usual...Congrats dear...it's so gud that your recipes got feature...cool dear..
Rajeswari, the rawa idli is just so delectably appealing!
Heart-felt CONGRATS...1. Being featured on prestigious Times Assent!
2. Winning Nag's contest
3. Being accessible to all fellow foodies with your brilliant posts, organised directions! :D Hugs to you, feeling so proud of you!
congratulations for the prize & also for being featured in TOI.
Rawa idlis look perfect. Its been a while since I made them, will prepare shortly. Thanks for reminding :)
For your wonderful job...collect appreciation in form of award from my blog ;)
Congratulations,Raks..Its nice to hear those good news.
Rave idlis look perfect!I have never used eno salt to make rava idlis..will try this next time :)
rava idli looks so soft and fluffy nice color too and congrats on your winning and for your article
congratulations Raks .. Its an achievement .. loved those idlis .. looks soo perfect
My hearty congratulations on ur award :)Idlies looks spongy and soft,i can feel the taste here!!!
Glad to see u back Raks, hope u had a wonderful time during ur trip...Rava idli looks simply gorgeous, eno salt dunno whether i can get it here..usually i used baking soda for rava idlies...Congrats for being featured in Newspaper, COngrats for winning Recipe DIary COntest...
Wooohooooo,so many reasons to celebrate dear...congrats for all of them
And this rava ldly is so new to me,and u know wht the best thing is its so instant...thts wht work perfect for me..no need to wait for a day to bite those yummmmm idlies
Enjoy all the awards and win hin, you deserve them all. Rava idli looks so good and plump. ENO is like Miracle, isn't it? :)
Congrats Raji! Rava idlies look yummy and spongy...
Congragulations a real wonderful achievment.
The idlies look reall fluffy and yumm.
Your idlis look simply amazing, R!
Congrats on the mention in the newspaper and the cookbook win. How exciting for you! :)
Double or triple Lottery for you!!!..Congrats Raks!! U deserve it so much..:)
I fell in love with those Idli's..soft ,fluffy n moist..n the pics r so so fab!!!,as always..:)
Congratulation on all your achievements :) the rava idlis look so soft and fluffy... I tried making them once using baking soda...it didnt turn out that well.. I should try out yours...thanks for the step by step procedures :)
Congratulations, Rak. And those idlis, by the way, look perfect.
Good to see u back..Congratulations for that wonderful news..Hooray..Perfect fluffy idlis..Lovely pics ..
I also never get perfect rava idlis. I like the idea of adding fruit salt. Bookmarked to try. Idlis have come out so soft and gorgeous!
Congrats on all the great news. You deserve it! I am so happy for you!
Congrats Raji. Hope you had a nice trip. Mouthwatering rava idlies, awesome click,
It was a pleasure reading this post filled with happiness all over. Congrats for the mention in TOI,for the prize and getting the softest rava idlis.
Great click and idlis look perfect.
rava idlis looks so soft ..great picture..congrats on the news..lovely..
those idlis look sooo spongy nad soft!! n congrats on the blog appearing on newspaper and also on winning the cookbook! :):)
congratulations for the mention and your rava idlis look perfect ; nice clicks!
lovley clicks,..hearty congratulations for winnin,..;-)
congrats dear. thats a great news. Rava idly .. well explained and usage of eno seems good idea. I do it in a different way. just add a cup of old dosa batter and ferment it for 4 hours to get a fluffy one.
But urs seem so easy and delicious.Yummy.
We love rava idlis too but have not used eno before... I can see that it has worked out really well.
Congrats on 2 lovely news.. the recipe win and featuring in the article! :)
Wow! That's Gr8..Congratulations on ur award and also being featured in the newspaper..Rava idli's look so soft and perfect.
Wow.. thats a gr8 win!! Its like flying high in joy, rite! U deserve them all. I'm drooling over your Rava idlis.. me too a fan of MTR rava idlis! Will try your's soon. Bookmarked!
hi, great news, congrats for all the awards & article published on newspaper!!, u deserve it, ur photography is awesome..., The idlis have really come out very well can be seen through ur pictures...hats of to u for everything...., happy blogging and post more recipes too...very happy for u as ur such a lovely person.
Look at you teasing us with those perfect idilies!
Congrats on the TOI mention!
wow congrats...so happy for you gurl!
Eno does the magic with the idlis....great click.
Cngratulations with ur accomplishments...enjoy. Rava idly clicks looks so nice, interestign step by step pictures...awesome clicks, as always...
i made rock-hard rava idlies recently. :) will try this next.
Congrats on your exciting achievements.Rava idli looks super good:)
Idlies come out pluffy. and great pics.
Firstly, let me congratulate you for your article being published and winning nag's event. Kudos to you for taking such awesome pictures. Thank you for letting us know the ENO usage in making the perfect rava idlis. Will try right away ! :-D
I tried your rava idlis (didn't have eno salt but did them with baking powder) it came out good; going to post them soon! thank you for this delicious recipe!
Congrats! Looks great, soft n yummy!
Mouth watering....any replacement for Eno?As i don't have it
hi
This is revathi i tried it but dint add eno salt it was a great flop plz do help me
Sailaja and revathi, Eno is the thing that makes the idly fluffy and soft,it is a must, other wise it may turn hard.... just realized from the above comments that alka has used baking powder,try that and see! Or else try adding soda water(plain soda) instead of plain water and see!
wher u get eno fruit salt
Hi Raji
its unbelievable... i too made spongy rava idly as yours... it came out exactly like the one you have shown in the picture... wow!!!! thanks a ton for "Cooking scientist Raji"... wonder why? i meant Eno fruit salt... what an idea... :-)
Hey tried ur recipes for rava idli,tomato chutney and podi.All of them turned out really well.Thanks :-)
Hiiiiiiiiiii :)
I tried out ur rava idly recipe and it came out so very well :) :) thanks a lot for the recipe :) my hubby just loved it :) in fact i boasted in front of my mom and mil ;) stating that i make better rava idlies than them :)
Raks I tried it today (25.03.2012)as a part of my Sunday cooking adventure.... Really really awesome it was... came out exactly in the way as u ve described n d pic posted... Im soooooooo happyyyyyyyyyyyyy Raks... never did I think that I can do all such new items... My mom has never tried this dish n was inquisitively asking me how did I do for her to give a try... Thankuuu Raks tanku... Love u ... Keep trying n posting more such recipies... Again n again u r infusing in me that I can steal my hubby's heart thru my cooking 2.... :)
beautiful idlis..!!!
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