Ingredients

• 1/2 cup - semolina (rava)
• 1/2 cup - urad dal
• 1/2 cup - finely grated coconut
• 4 tbsp - finely grated jaggery
• big pinch of cooking soda
• big pinch of salt
• 1 tsp - cardamom powder
• few cashewnuts and raisins, sliced finely.
• 1 cup - milk
• 1 tsp - ghee

How to Make Sweet Rava Idly with Jaggery

• Soak dal in water for about 4 hours.
• Drain out the water and grind to a fine paste. Set aside for 4 hours.
• Roast semolina on a dry pan till it starts changing colour.
• Mix with dal along with salt and soda.
• Add enough milk to form a thick and smooth batter.
• Mix in 1 tsp of ghee.
• To make the filling, mix together cardamoms, coconut, jaggery, cashewnuts and raisins.
• Pour a little batter into greased idle moulds. Put 1 tsp of the filling on the batter and cover it up with some more batter.
• Steam for 15 mins.
• Serve hot with ghee.