Rava Idly

I got this recipe from  Indusladies forum. I tried this recipe in my kitchen and it is a fool proof recipe for beginners.

Thanx Chitra for the wonderful quick tiffin.

Ingredients:

Rava - 1 cup - preroasted & stored

Sour curds - 1 cup

Oil - 3 tbsp

Fruit salt - 1 tsp / cooking soda - 1/2 tsp

Coriander leaves - few

Salt

To temper:

Mustard - 1 tsp

Green chillies - 2 to 3 - chop fine

Hing - 1 tsp

Curry leaves

Method:

1. Heat oil and temper the given ingredients.

2. Finally add rava and blend well.

3. Cool and add fruit salt, plain salt and coriander leaves.

4. Just 10 minutes before serving, keep the idli steamer on the stove.

5. Whisk the curds and add it to the rava and mix well.

6. Pour in idli plates greased with little oil and steam for 8 - 10 min.

7. If you add curds, dont keep it instead steam it immediately.

8. Can add grated carrots and coriander leaves on the top before steaming for colorful appearance.

9. Serve with coconut chutney(best combination).

Note:

I studied in a book that rava can be soaked in water for 1/2 hr and can be made idly like the same way. I tried that method. But it was not that soft as done soaking rava with curd.

So always use curd to make idly's.


Valaipoo Vada

In kongunadu, instead of gram dhal they will use vada paruppu that will be available here in this area. It will give a great taste than gram dhal.


Ingredients:

Valaipoo - 1

Gram dhal - 1 cup

Small onions - 1/2 cup

Green chillies - 2

Curry leaves - few

Coriander leaves - few

Ginger - 1"

Red chillies - 2

Jeera - 1 tsp

Salt

Oil - to fry

Method:

1. Remove stem from valaipoo and cut it into small pieces.

2. Soak gram dhal for an hour and grind coarsely along with jeera, ginger, red chillies and salt.

3. Cut onions, green chillies, curry leaves nad corinader leaves into small ones and mix along with the ground paste.

4. Make balls. Mean while heat oil in a pan for deep frying.

5.Place the balls in the center of your hand and press it slightly and drop in hot oil.

6. Leave it to raise and don't disturb for 1 min.

7. Remove vada's when it turns golden brown and serve.