Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, suji idli recipe | instant suji ki idli | instant plain rava idli recipe is a vegetarian Indian breakfast made with rava / semolina / suji, curd / yogurt, and salt in about 35 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: 20 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 15 idli
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup rava / semolina / suji (coarse)
- 1 cup curd / yogurt
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ tsp eno fruit salt or pinch of baking soda
Method
- irstly, in a large pan roast 1 cup rava for 5 minutes or till it turns aromatic.
- allow it to cool completely, and transfer roasted rava to a mixing bowl.
- add in 1 cup curd, ½ tsp salt and combine well without forming any lumps.
- allow to rest for 20 minutes or till rava / sooji absorbs water.
- again add ¼ cup water or as required to prepare idli batter consistency.
- just before steaming the idlis, add in ¼ tsp eno fruit salt or pinch of baking soda and give a gentle mix.
- pour the batter immediately onto greased idli plate.
- steam them on medium flame for 15 minutes or till the idli are cooked completely.
- finally, serve soft sooji idli or plain rava idli along with chutney and sambar.
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.
