MTR Rava Idly
- 24
- January
- 2009
Rawa Idly: (MTR style)
Steamed Pancakes. Semolina Steamed Cake. Spiced Idly. Spicy Sooji Idly.
MTR – Rava Idly. Well, now if I claim its MTR style rawa idly, don’t think that I opened a ready MIX MTR rawa idly packets!! MTR – Mavalli Tiffin Rooms, Bangalore is famous for this rava idly…it is said that they experimented this dish, when they we were out of rice flour, during world war II. Since then, rava idly became part of the culture.
Idly is something that I make once in a blue moon! Can you believe this and don’t curse me or anything for being a South Indian & saying this. I hate Idly/ anything carbohydrate for that matter. Anything that is fermented is definetely is not my cup of tea!:( As I was staying away from my home for pretty long time in my life never liked hostel food, maybe that the reason, I hate breakfast! And after I started cooking never owned a idly cooker, who has time to make breakfast! Anyways, my breakfast will be either oranges or hard boiled eggs or sometimes just carrots!!!
So this idly was made when I visited home(India). I carefully altered the rice batter to semolina batter(Rawa/Sooji). Though even this is carb’ its kind of ‘chaltha hai’(its okay) for me. Spiced up a little!:) Now I feel sorry for telling…I hate idly, did I really say that!!!
Ingredients:
Semolina 1 cup
Idly batter 1 cup
Salt
Butter milk
Green chilies 3 finely chopped
Cilantro leaves finely chopped.
Tempering Spices:
Chana dal 2 spoons
Urad dal 2 spoons
Mustard seeds 1/2 spoon
Cumin 1/2 spoon
Peppercorns 1/4 spoon
Asafoetida 1/4 spoon
Curry leaves few
Sesame oil few spoon.
Method:
Mix semolina and idly batter togather. Add salt, buttermilk, chilies and cilantro leaves to it.
Temper the spices and run to the batter mixed above.
Let this stand for a about 2 hours. When semolina sucks in all the moisture and comes to heavy batter like consisteny its ready.
Add a cup of water to your steamer/idly cooker. Greese the idly mold and fill the laddles with the batter. Nver overflowing…
Steam cook for about 10 minutes. Perfect, nice aromatic idlies are ready.
I enjoy idli but I only know one restaurant near me which serves them – and they also do the most divine masala dosa so I always have that instead!! Maybe I will be brave and try making my own
I always do it with MTR instant mix,never tried like this,will sure give it a try
wow , What a surprise dear. I have also made a post for Rava Idly. Ur Idly seems wonderful. I am so glad that we two think alike:)
Using idly batter is a good idea.
Being a north india, whenever i feel to cook something diff., then i cook this, for DINNER. so uusally its once a month affair only.., urs looks nice.
Rava idlis never turn out to so soft for me like yours, I guess I can trying adding idly batter like you do, congrats on the award dear
I was in a hostel for 10 years, and I know something of your feeling regarding the food. Didn’t like it so much at that time, but I am still serching the recipes for some of the food I used to eat there.
I am sure your Idlis are definitely not comparable with those from the hostel, are they? It looks yummy, I don’t have a grinder here, so unfortunately, I can’t do it.
Rava with idly batter quite different one wat i used to prepare usually, my mom used to make with rava n sour buttermilk, nice idea of adding idly batter Malar..
looks yummy! never tried with idly batter though. i make this when i dont have idly batter – my lifesave, in stock
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