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Corn Rava Idli with Coconut Chutney

-Steamed semolina muffins with corn, cashews and mild spices-a specialty from South India
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Course: snacks/starters, tiffin recipe
Cuisine: South Indian Cuisine
Keyword: idli recipe, rava idli, sooji idli
Servings: 5 people
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

  • 2 cup Semolina / Sooji
  • 1 cup Sour Yogurt/ dahi
  • 1/2 cup Corn Kernels / Makai Dana
  • 1.5 cup Ginger / Adrak chopped
  • pinch turmeric
  • 2 tsp Eno fruit salt
  • 1 tsp Salt / Namak
  • 1 cup water approx

Tadka

    • 2 tbsp Cooking Oil
    • 12 Cashew Nuts / Kaju
    • 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Rai *
    • 2 tsp White lentil/urad daal
    • 2 tsp Bengal gram /chana daal
    • 2 tsp Green Chillies / Hari Mirch chopped
    • 12 Curry Leaves / Kadi Patta
    • pinch Asafoetida / Hing powder
    • 1 tsp Dried Fenugreek / Kasoori Methi

    Instructions

    • Take yogurt in a bowl and whisk well. Now add chopped ginger, semolina and approx. a cup of water and make a medium thick batter ,slightly thinner then the normal idlis
    • Whisk well and add salt,corn kernels and a pinch of turmeric.
    • Cover and rest for 15 minutes .
    • Make the tempering-heat oil in a small pan,and fry cashew pieces on low heat till golden in colour,remove from the pan and add them in the semolina mixture
    • Now in this oil add mustard seeds and white lentils,when it start crackling,add curry leaves pieces and asafoetida and remove it from the flame.
    • Add dried fenugreek leaves (kasoori methi), saute for few seconds and mix in the semolina batter.
    • You can add some more water in it ,if it thicken a bit now.
    • Heat water in a steamer and grease the idli plates with oil.
    • When water start boiling add fruit salt in the mixture ,mix well and pour approx 1 tbsp of mixture in every idli mould.
    • Place the idli stand in the steamer ,cover and cook for approx.10 minutes ,first on high heat and then on medium flame .
    • Remove the steamer from the flame,let it stand for 5 minutes and then with the help of  a greased spoon scoop out the idli’s .
    • Serve hot with sambhar and coconut chutney.

    Variation-

    • -You can also add grated carrots,spinach and cabbage in the batter to make it more heathy for the kids .
    • You can substitute kasoori methi(dried fenugreek leaves) with fresh fenugreek leaves or green coriander.
    • -Add fruit salt only in the batter required to steam,don’t add in the whole batter.