Description
Rava Appe is a delicious South Indian snack made with fine semolina and a mix of spices.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tablespoons oil (plus for frying)
- ½ teaspoon brown mustard seeds
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon Bengal gram (chana dal)
- ¼ teaspoon asafetida (hing)
- 10–12 curry leaves
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped ginger
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped green chilies
- 1 dry red chili (broken into small pieces)
- 4–5 whole cashew nuts
- 1 cup fine rava (semolina, sooji)
- ½ cup plain yogurt (dahi, curd)
- 2 tablespoons grated carrots
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ENO fruit salt (or 1 tsp baking soda + 1 tsp lime juice)
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan over medium-high heat.
- Once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and chana dal and fry for 5-6 seconds.
- Add asafetida, curry leaves, ginger, green chilies, dry red chili, and cashew nuts, and fry until cashew nuts turn slightly brown. Stir frequently while frying.
- Reduce the heat to low.
- Add rava to the pan and roast until slightly browned (3-4 minutes). Stir continuously to avoid burning the rava.
- Remove the pan from the heat and let the rava cool down completely.
- Transfer the cooled roasted rava to a large mixing bowl.
- Add yogurt and carrot to the bowl and mix well.
- Add water and mix well.
- Cover the bowl with a lid and keep aside for 15 minutes.
- The rava will absorb the water during resting time and the batter will become thick.
- Add 2-3 tablespoons of water to the batter and mix well.
- Now add ENO fruit salt and salt and mix well.
- Heat an appe pan over medium heat.
- Add ¼ teaspoon of oil to each cavity.
- Using a spoon, pour the batter into each cavity. Do not overfill.
- Cover the pan with a lid and cook until the appe are nicely browned from the bottom.
- Flip using a spoon and cook uncovered from the other side for 2-3 minutes.
- Remove the rava appe from the pan and serve hot.
Notes
- Ensure the rava is not burning by stirring continuously while roasting.
- Adjust the water to get the desired batter consistency.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Snack
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Indian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 appe
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 0mg