Rava Amboli- Soft and Spongy Rava Amboli
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Serves: 8-10
 
Ingredients
  • 1 Cup=200gms Rava/Semolina/Suji (made of wheat)
  • ½ Cup=125gms Split and dehusked Black Gram
  • ½ Cup=40gms Poha/Flattened rice
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • Cooking Oil
  • Water as required
Instructions
  1. To start with, we will wash and clean Urad Dal and Poha. Drain the excess water. Now we will soak both the ingredients. Soak Urad Dal in enough water (water level must be above the Dal). Soak Poha in water. Soak for 4-6 hours. We are not soaking Rava at this moment. We will soak it only for 30 mins prior to grinding the ingredients
  2. Poha and Urad Dal has been soaking for almost 6 hours. We will drain out excess water and grind it together in a fine paste. Before that, we will soak Rava in water. Add water gradually and keep stirring. We have used 2½ Cups water for soaking Rava. Keep it aside for 30 mins. Let's now grind Urad Dal and Poha
  3. We have made a fine and thick batter of Urad Dal and Poha with ¾th Cup water. We will add soaked Rava in this batter and mix the batter with our bare palms. Wash and clean the hands. Remove all kinds of accessories worn in fingers. Add Soaked Rava. Batter of Idli, Dosa or Amboli must be handled with hands. Natural heat of your palms helps activate bacteria for fermentation. Keep mixing with hands for 5 mins
  4. Let the batter ferment overnight or atleast for 6 hours. Keep it covered in a warm place- kitchen platform, above Refrigerator. Personally here is what I do, Heat microwave for 4 mins on High. Then switch off the microwave and keep this batter inside the microwave.
  5. After 9-10 hours, let’s uncover the batter now. Gently mix. Do not stir vigorously. I am pretty sure Ambolis will be soft and light.
  6. Add Salt (1 tsp approx.) and stir in gently
  7. Heat a non-stick tawa on high heat. You can also use cast iron tawa. Smear tawa with some Oil. Reduce the heat to medium and now add batter on Tawa. Do not spread too much as Ambolis are supposed to be thick. Cook covered on medium heat
  8. We have cooked for about a min on medium heat. The edges start to get brown. Let's turn and cook from other side. Underside has cooked nicely. Put few drops of Oil at the sides. Cook from other side. We have cooked for about 1 and ½ mins.
  9. Amboli is ready. Let's remove it and similarly we can make all Ambolis
  10. In this measurements, we can make 8-10 Ambolis. Let's serve this in breakfast with some chutney
Recipe by Kali Mirch - by Smita at https://kalimirchbysmita.com/soft-spongy-rava-amboli/