Broken wheat idli | Samba rava idli
Healthy instant idli recipe using broken wheat rava

- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 1 cup Samba rava | broken wheat
- 3 tsp Oil
- 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1 tsp Urad dal
- 1 tsp Channa dal
- 1/2 cup Yogurt
- Coriander leaves + curry leaves few
- 2 finely chopped Green chili
- 2 tbsp Grated Carrot
- 1 tsp Eno salt
- Salt as needed
- Water as needed
Instructions
- 1
In a pan add 3 tsp oil.
- 2
Add the mustard seeds, urad dal and chana dal.
- 3
Once the mustard starts splutters, and the dal turns golden brown, add the chopped green chili and finely chopped curry leaves and coriander leaves.
- 4
Cook for a minute.
- 5
You can add 1 tsp of grated ginger too.
- 6
Now add 1 cup of samba wheat rava.
- 7
Add the fine samba wheat rava.
- 8
Roast this for 2 minutes.
- 9
Switch off the flame.
- 10
Allow this to cool completely.
- 11
Once it is cool, add salt and yogurt to this.
- 12
Mix well, add water to adjust the consistency.
- 13
Just before making add the eno fruit salt.
- 14
I haven’t substituted baking soda instead of eno fruit salt.
- 15
Mix well and pour the idli batter on greased idli moulds.
- 16
Steam this for 10-12 mins on medium flame.
- 17
Once done, leave it for 2 minutes and then take it out from the mould.
- 18
Serve hot with any chutney or sambar of your choice.
- 19
The sambar wheat idli stays soft for 3-4 hours too.