Ingredients:

• 1 cup- semolina (rava)
• 1 cup -sour curds
• 1/4 tsp- soda
• 4- Green chillies
• 1/4 inch- Ginger
• 4 -curry leaves (grind to a fine paste)
• 2 tsp-coriander leaves (chopped finely)
• 1 tsp- salt
• Cashew nuts
• 1/2 tsp -urad dal
• 1 tsp – Hing

Method:

1. Dry roast the rava till it is slightly brown. Allow it to cool.
2. Heat 1.5 tsps oil.
3. To it add mustard seeds, hing, few curry leaves, half teaspoon urad dal and few pieces of cashew nuts broken into small pieces.
4. After the oil cools rub it with the rava properly.
5. Then add rest of the ingredients but soda should be added last.
6. Pre heat the cooker with water.
7. Then add the soda at the last moment i.e. a minute before putting it in the cooker which has been pre heated.
8. The consistency for the idlis should be of dropping consistency.
9. The quantity of curd should not be increased.
10. If you feel the batter is thick then add a little water to reach the desired consistency. Put it in the idli mould and steam it for seven minutes.

Recipe courtesy of Sanjita