Rava or Sooji Uttappam

Rava or sooji uttappam is a very tasty and quick dish to be made in home easily. Its same like the normal dosa which is very famous in south india... And here we see how to make dis in home easily..

Ingredients (measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml)

main ingredients:

• ½ cup fine variety of rava or sooji, 100 grams
• ½ cup water
• 3 tsp lemon juice
• ¼ tsp baking soda or ? tsp eno (fruit salt)
• salt as per taste
• oil or ghee for greasing the pan & drizzling

optional ingredients:

• 1 small onion, chopped or 5 to 6 pearl onions, thinly sliced
• 1 small tomato, chopped
• 1 green chili, finely chopped

Method:

1. mix the rava and water in a bowl.
2. keep the batter to rest for 30 minutes.
3. meanwhile when the batter is resting, you can slice or chop the onions, tomatoes and green chilies.
4. mix the chopped veggies and keep aside.
5. after 30 minutes, stir the batter again.
6. then add 3 tsp lemon juice, salt and ¼ tsp baking soda or ? tsp eno (fruit salt).
7. stir and mix very well.
8. heat a tawa or griddle and spread some oil. you can also use a non stick pan.
9. take the batter in a large serving spoon.
10. pour the batter and spread it gently. don't spread too much.
11. when the batter is still raw from the top, add the onions-tomatoes-green chilies mix. gently press the onions-tomatoes with the spatula, so that they stick to the batter.
12. drizzle some oil on the sides and the top.
13. when the base is cooked and lightly browned, flip gently.
14. cook till the onions and tomatoes are light golden or golden.
15. flip and serve hot. if you want you can flip a couple of times too for even cooking.
16. for making plain rava uttapam, cook the uttapams without any toppings.
17. serve rava uttapam with coconut chutney or coriander chutney. they also go well with tomato ketchup.