Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Rava Idli and Saagu

Rava Idli and Saagu
This is a karnataka special dish. Rava idli is always served with saagu only in karnataka. This dish is so popular in bangalore. You should get to taste the rava idli at MTR a famous restaurant in bangalore, they are so awesome ans taste so good ,no wonder they are the creator of this famous rava idli.
This Rava idli recipe is pure home made , though many ready mix easily available in the store but nothing like home made one. This is very tasty and goes very well with saagu. If you does not wanat to prepare saagu you can very well have with coconut chutney and it would taste equally good. Here goes the recipe for rava idli and saagu.


Rava Idli:
Ingredients:
Sooji rava - 1 cup
Vermicelli - 1 cup ( you can use 1/2 cup if don't like the vermicelli taste)
Onion chopped - 1 small
Channa daal - 2 tsp
Mustard - 1/2tsp
Cashew broken small pieces - 2 tsp
Cilantro Finely chopped - 1 cup
Salt
Cooking Soda - 1 tsp
Yogurt - 1 cup
oil - 2 tbsp

Procedure:
In a big kadai add oil,when its hot season with mustard and channa daal. Add cashews and fry for a min. Now add onion and keep frying for 5 mins.Reduce the flame to medium and add salt , sooji rava and vermicelli and fry until rava and vermicelli turns light burn.Add the cilantro. Allow the mixture to cool completely. Mix yogurt, water and cooking soda and mix well and set aside for 10 mins. The mixture should not be too thick or too watery. Add water to the mixture accordingly. Grease idli plate with oil and spoon the mixture and steam cook. Serve hot with Saagu or coconut chutney.


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