Use our Little Millet Rava instead of ultra refined sooji to make rava Idlis with this easy recipe

• 1 cup Little Millet Idli Rava
• 1 cup dahi/curd/yogurt, preferably sour
• 1-1/2  cup water or more – add accordingly & as required to get a medium consistency batter
• 1 green chili/hari mirch, chopped
• ½ inch ginger/adrak, finely chopped
• 10-12 cashews/kaju, chopped
• Salt as required

• 1-2 tsp oil
• 1 tsp mustard seeds/rai
• 1 tsp ch ana dal/split and husked bengal gram
• 10-12 curry leaves/kadi patta, chopped
• A pinch of asafoetida/hing

1. Heat a pan and add the Little Millet rava/sooji and dry roast till it becomes aromatic and changes color. Remove and keep aside
2. In the same pan, dry roast the cashews
3. Remove and add the cashews to the rava in the mixing bowl.
4. In the same pan, add 1 tsp oil more and heat it.
5. Splutter mustard seeds, add chana dal, curry leaves & asafoetida. Fry till the chana dal becomes golden.
6. Add this whole mixture to the roasted rava. add curd/yogurt along with chopped ginger, green chilies and salt.
7. Add water as required and make a batter which is neither thin nor thick.
8. Keep aside covered for 1 -2 hours and after 20-30 minutes, if the batter looks thick, then add a few tablespoons of water to get a medium consistency. Rava absorbs water and so the batter might thicken after a while.
9. Heat water in a steamer, electric cooker or pressure cooker.
10. Pour the rava idli batter in greased idli moulds.
11. Place the idli stand in the electric cooker, steamer or pressure cooker steam the rava idlis for 10-12 mins or more till a tooth pick inserted in the idlis come out clean.
12. Remove the rava idlis from the mould and serve the steaming hot idlis with your favourite chutney or sambhar