Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, sooji balls recipe | semolina balls | rava balls - easy breakfast recipe is a vegetarian south india breakfast made with rava / suji / semolina, oil, and chilli in about 30 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
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.
