In my house, breakfast is the big thing. I make quite a healthy and filling breakfast daily. I believe in the fact that you should eat like a king in the morning. Most of the time it will be healthy idlies, dosa, pongal, upma and stuffs like that..
Recently i have started experimenting with idlies, since hubby loves them. I have posted them here, you can check out my ragi idli, thinai idli, rava idli, oats idli..This one is another addition to my idli list..
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 8 to 10 mins
Serves : 4 to 5
Ingredients:
Wheat Rava / Gothumai Rava - 2 cup
Water as needed
Salt to taste
Eno Fruit Salt - 1 tsp (if using baking soda, use ½ tsp)
Coriander Leaves - 3 tblspn finely chopped
Oil for greasing idli moulds
For Tempering:
Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - 1 tsp
Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - ¼ tsp
Green Chillies - 1 finely chopped
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - ½ tsp
Method:
Take broken wheat in a blender and run it once or twice till it is a little fine.
Take that in a bowl, add curd, salt, water, coriander leaves and mix well.
Now make tempering by heating oil and add all the ingredients given in the list and let it sizzle for a min.
Pour this over the idli batter and mix well.
Add in some more water and mix well till it is correct consistency.
Now add in the eno fruit salt or baking soda and mix.
Now grease some oil in idli steaming plates. pour idli batter in it, dont over fill it. Steam it for 8 to 10 mins.
Remove it and let it cool for 5 mins. Now dip a spoon in some water and release the idlies.
Serve with chutney or your choice..
Pictorial:
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| since my rava was a little coarse, i took that in a blender |
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| pulsed it few times till it is finer |
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| now transfer that in a bowl, add in curd |
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| add in water |
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| add some salt |
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| heat oil in a tadka pan |
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| add in mustard |
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| add in urad dal |
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| asafoetida |
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| some chopped chillies |
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| a little turmeric |
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| pour this over the mix |
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| love the hint of colour which the turmeric gives the idlies |
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| mix well |
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| add in coriander leaves |
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| mix |
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| look how the rava absorbed the water |
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| add more water |
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| the batter should be little thick, not too thick |
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| add in baking soda or eno fruit salt |
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| mix mix mix |
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| take idli steaming plates |
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| drizzle some oil |
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| grease it well |
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| all greased |
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| take spoonful of batter |
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| pour it in |
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| dont overfill the moulds |
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| place it in steaming pot |
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| and steam |
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| tada |
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| now dip spoons in water |
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| release the sides |
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| tada , so soft and so healthy |
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| serve |
Anonymous
Must try...tx
Hamaree Rasoi
Delicious and lovely looking rava idlis. Excellent texture in colour.
Deepa
Anonymous
Made these idlis today. Soft and tasty. I added curry leaves. Thanks
Anonymous
Does wheat rawa means dalia in hindi?
Aarthi
@AnonymousYes it is called as dalia
Hasna Hamza Layin
a must try Arti.. loved the way u put it up
Dish it out- Wholegrain Dishes
Preeya
Hi Aarthi,
Great job on the blog I'm loving all your recipes and trying them one by one. Today I tried this idli hoping it'll turn out awesome as it looks here. Unfortunately for some reason my idlis just kind of spread all over the idli plate and didn't stay in shape. Any idea what could be the reason? I put 1tsp baking soda as I didn't have eno salt. Could it be the reason? The taste was still good I just scooped it out and had it like upma 😉
Regards
Preeya
Aarthi
@PreeyaYes that is the reason. add less baking soda.
ghytri
Can I use wheat flour n raw a flour separately cause can't find wheat raws flour here
Aarthi
@ghytriNo u cannot.
Anonymous
Can I make without baking soda or fruit salt?
Aarthi
@AnonymousIf you dont use these, it will make your idlies dense.
aarthi dhanraj
If we use sour curd vl it be soft? Dnt want to use baking soda cos of kids...any idea to make it less dense da?
Aarthi
@aarthi dhanrajeven though u use curd, u have to add little soda or little eno fruit salt to make it soft.
Silpa Vinod
Arathy -Can I use normal rava for this purpose. Onemmore thing, what is wheat rava?
Aarthi
@Silpa Vinodyes u can use normal sooji, wheat rava is wheat which is powdered like sooji
Anonymous
Can I assume there is actually no rava/sooji in this recipe? It's wheat idli? Please advise if normal atta flour can be used in this recipe.
Love your rava idlis which are a delight to the palate!
Aarthi
@Anonymousno u cannot use atta flour, u have to use sooji
Aarthee Sridhar
Super mam ..I try dis today super...I like ur blog very much...
Premila
Better than a watching a video. Very beautifully presented.
Anonymous
My idlis came very dry. What could be the reason?
Aarthi
U must have over steamed it
Karen Pinto
Hi Aarthi.. Is tht dalia tht u hv used.. Can i use rava.. Will the result be the same?
Aarthi
yes it is dalia. for rava check this
https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2016/04/soft-rava-idli-recipe-sooji-idli-recipe.html
Anitha J Grgsms
Very nice recipe ya..!
Nithya
Hi Aarthi, Thanks for the healthy recipe, today I tried this idly and it was super hit. My 2 year old son loved it. Thanks for the step by step picture, It is very useful. Idli was soft.
Vindya
Can i use baking powder instead of baking soda?
Aarthi
no they cannot be substituted
Womensecr
Turn off heat, remove the wheat rava idlis to a serving plate and serve with any chutney of your choice.