How to make Rave Idli?

Rave (Sooji) Idli, a quick fix snack which can be had any time of the day. It's filling and a healthy food.

Here's how its made.

Ingredients-

~ Rave Idli mix
~ Curds (yogurt)
~ Salt
~ Cooking Soda
~ Green peas (optional)
~ Grated carrot shreds (optional)

curds and mix

Take two cups of rave idli mix in a vessel, add three cups curds and mix until you have a consistent batter. Add extra curds if the batter is too thick. Add salt as required and a pinch of baking soda and mix again. The batter is ready.

Now to the idli plates. Grease them with oil or ghee (this is done so that idli comes out easily). Spoon the batter into the greased plates as shown above. Fresh peas can be mixed into the batter. If you have grated carrot, drop a dozen shreds to the center of the filled plate. Place filled idli plates in the stand.

Either a cooker  or a vessel large enough to accommodate the idli stand. Pour water into the cooker/vessel and place the idli stand in it and close it. Ensure that water level is below the bottom most plate in the stand. Place the cooker/vessel on medium flame and check time. If you are using a cooker no need to place cooker weight on the top. When cooking in a vessel, make sure you have a large enough plate to cover it.

Time for the batter to become idli ranges between 15 minutes and 25 minutes. To check if its cooked well, use a thin spoon and poke one of the idlis; if its done nothing there's no batter sticking to the spoon.

After the flame is turned off, keep the cooker/vessel covered and allow 5 to 8 minutes cooling so that idlis lift off easily. Use the holding end of a thin spoon (apply little ghee) to pry out idlis. Run it along the rim of the idli and cut into four pieces to make lifting easier.

Serve hot idlis with with coconut chatni.
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Crispy Aalu Toast

Crispy Aaloo Toast is very simple and easy to prepare, and tasts too good. Should try once :)

Ingredients - 
1. Bread - 10 slices
2. Boiled potato - 2 (mashed)
3. Coriander leaves - 1 tspn chopped
4. Red chilli powder - 1 tspn
5. Salt - As per taste
6. Jeera Powder - ½ tspn
7. Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tspn
8. Ghee - 2 tspn
9. Tomato ketchup
10. Jeera - ½ tspn
11. Garam Masala - ½ tspn
12. White Sesame Seeds - 2 tspn
13. Lemon Juice - 2 tspn

Steps-

1} Take 2 boiled potato and mash them.
2} Add red chilli powder, salt, ginger-garlic paste, Jeera powder, garam masala, lemon juice, coriander leaves and mix them well.
3} Take a Kadai and heat little oil/ghee, add jeera, and add mixture remaining  ingredients to it. Heat it for 2-3 minutes on low flame.
4} Spread a tablespoon of tomato ketchup over a bread slice, and on that spread aalu mixture. Drop white sesame seeds and press lightly. Cut the slice into equal triangles.
5} Heat a non-stick pan, grease it with little ghee/butter, place the bread on it (3 or 4 at a time), When the base of the bread is golden brown turn the bread slice and cook till the mixture turns crisp and golden brown. Take out when both sides are toasted well.

Serve hot toasts with Pudina Chatni or tomato ketchup.

Relish!

Corn Chat

Ingredients:

Boiled Corn (Salted) – 1 cup

Butter -2 tbsp

Grated Carrot – 1 medium size

Finely Chopped Garlic – 1 tbsp

Finely Chopped ginger – 1 tbsp

Finely Chopped Onion – 1

Salt to taste

Red Chilly Powder – as per requirements (or you can use Chat Masala also)

Lemon Juice – 1tsp.

Method:

Heat a frying pan, add butter, and then add garlic pieces fry till golden brown.

Add finely chopped ginger and onion, put salt and fry till golden brown.

Add grated carrot fry till it cooks. Now add boiled corns and chilly powder (Chat Masala) mix well & stir for 5mins. Add lemon juice and turn of the fire. Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves. You can also add finely chopped onion, tomato and sev

Eat when hot.

Recipe by Mahathi.

Corn Patties

Ingredients:

Bread Slices - 8

Boiled Corn (Salted) – 1cup

Mozzarella Cheese – 2tbsp

White Pepper – to taste

Method:

Mix boiled corns, grated cheese & pepper powder.

Remove sides of bread, dip in water, and remove water by pressing it gently.

Place a spoon full of corn mix in the bread & press the sides so that it’s closed.

Shallow fry this bread patties. Eat when it is hot with green chutney.

Recipe by Brihathi

Evening snack: Cucumber-Roast Papad

Cucumber-Roast Papad combination makes a good starter or a light evening snack.

Roast Lijjat Papad on open fire. Cut cucumbers into long pieces (thin round slices loose water fast) and sprinkle little pepper/salt.

Plain club soda goes well with this snack.

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