easy vegetable idli recipe | veg idli | instant veg rava idli
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 15 idli
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
- 3 tsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard
- 1 tsp chana dal
- ½ tsp cumin / jeera
- 1 tsp urad dal
- pinch hing / asafoetida
- few curry leaves
- 2 chilli (finely chopped)
- 1 inch ginger (finely chopped)
- 5 cashew / kaju (chopped)
- ½ carrot (finely chopped)
- ½ capsicum (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp sweet corn
- 5 beans (chopped)
- 2 tbsp peas / matar
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup rava / semolina / suji (coarse)
- ¾ cup curd / yogurt
- ½ cup water
- 2 tbsp coriander (chopped)
- ½ tsp eno fruit salt
- oil for greasing
Method
- firstly, heat 3 tsp oil and splutter 1 tsp mustard, 1 tsp chana dal, ½ tsp cumin, 1 tsp urad dal, pinch hing and few curry leaves.
- add 2 chilli, 1 inch ginger and 5 cashew. saute until golden brown.
- now add ½ carrot, ½ capsicum, 2 tbsp sweet corn, 5 beans and 2 tbsp peas.
- saute for 2 minutes or vegetables shrink slightly.
- further add ¼ tsp turmeric and 1 tsp salt. saute slightly.
- now add 1 cup rava and roast on low flame.
- rava turns aromatic after 5-7 minutes.
- cool the rava mixture and transfer to the bowl.
- furthermore, add ¾ cup curd and mix well.
- now add ½ cup water and mix well forming a smooth batter.
- rest for 20 minutes or until the rava absorbs water.
- mix well and add water as required, to form an idli batter consistency batter.
- grease the idli plate with oil.
- just before steaming add a ½ tsp eno (fruit saland mix well till it turns frothy. alternatively, add a pinch of baking soda.
- pour the batter immediately into the idli plate. do not rest the batter.
- steam the vegetable idli for 15 minutes on medium flame.
- finally, serve instant vegetable idli with coconut 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.