easy sooji balls recipe | semolina balls | rava balls - easy breakfast recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Total time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 2 Servings
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: south india
Ingredients
for suji balls:
- 1 cup rava / suji / semolina (coarse)
- 3 tsp oil
- 1 chilli (finely chopped)
- 1 inch ginger (finely chopped)
- 2½ cup water
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ cup coconut (grated)
for tempering:
- 3 tsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard
- ½ tsp cumin / jeera
- ½ tsp urad dal
- ½ tsp chana dal
- 5 cashew / kaju (halves)
- few curry leaves
- 1 dried red chilli
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- ¼ tsp kahmiri red chilli powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
- 2 tsp lemon juice
Method
- firstly, in a large kadai heat 3 tsp oil and saute 1 chilli and 1 inch ginger.
- pour in 2½ cup water.
- also, add ½ tsp salt and ¼ cup coconut. mix well.
- get the water to a rapid boil.
- keeping the flame on low start adding roasted rava slowly, stirring continuously.
- cover and cook for 3 minutes or until the rava turns soft and fluffy.
- knead the dough for 5 minutes and prepare small balls.
- steam for 10 minutes.
- further in a large kadai heat 3 tsp oil and add tempering ingredients.
- now add ¼ tsp turmeric, ¼ tsp chilli powder and ¼ tsp salt.
- furthermore, add steamed rava balls and mix gently.
- also, add 2 tbsp coriander and 2 tsp lemon juice. mix well.
- finally, enjoy suji balls / rava balls with spicy chutney.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.