Rava Idli recipe | Sooji idli| How to Make Instant Rava Idli

Steaming soft and fluffy Rava (Sooji/Samolina) Idlis with coconut coriander chutney– an amazing south Indian Breakfast! These instant rava idlis not just tasty and refreshing, but also very easy and quick.\
Ingredients
Upma or coarse Rava (Sooji or semolina): 2 cups,
Eno fruit salt: 2 tsp,
Mustard seeds: 2 tsp,
Urad dal: 2 tsp,
Plain yogurt (curd or dahi): 1 cup,
Water: 1 cup,
Grated carrot: ½ cup,
Roasted cashew pieces: 2 tbsp,
Curry leaves: 8 -10,
Fine chopped green chilly: 2,
Salt,
Cooking Oil
Instructions
Heat little oil in pan at medium heat.
Add, mustard seeds, curry leaves and saute for few seconds.
Now add urad dal to it and fry everything till urad dal become light brown in color.
Now add grated carrot and saute for few seconds.
After that add coarse or upma rava to this mixture and saute till rava become light brown in color. It might take 2-3 minutes.
Transfer rava in a bowl and add cashew in it.
Let the mixture cool down to room temperature.
When mixture is cold enough add yogurt and give it a mix.
Now slowly add water and mix and make thick smooth batter.
Add salt to it and mix everything well. Now take out half of the mixture in other bowl.
Add eno just before making the idlis.
Transfer the batter to idli stand and steam them for 10-15 minutes.
Serve these hot and yummy idlis with coconut chutney and sambhar.
Notes
1. Don’t roast the rava for long time just roast it till it become slightly pink in color.
2. Mix Eno powder just before steaming the idlis otherwise idlis will not come out spongy.
3. You can roast rava ahead of time and store in air tight container in freezer for long time.