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Rava idli (semolina steamed cake), a South Indian dish or breakfast, made with Bombay rava. Bombay rava, or ravva, rawa, or sooji, is a durum wheat product and a form of semolina. Rava is made by grinding husked wheat and is used in Indian cuisine to make savoury dishes such as rava dosa, rava idli, upma, and khichdis.
The food prepared using this recipe is now called uddina idli in Karnataka. The recipe mentioned in these ancient Indian works leaves out three key aspects of the modern idli recipe: the use of rice (not just black gram), the long fermentation of the mix, and the steaming for fluffiness. The references to the modern recipe appear in the Indian ...
Dibba attu, a deep-fried dosa made with idli batter; Atukula dosa, a dosa made from atukulu, a.k.a. poha. Rava (Suji) dosa, a dosa made with sooji dough with chili, coriander leaves, onion, and pepper. Wheat uppindi served with curds. Andhra upma. Godhuma uppindi, upma made from broken wheat flour
Upma, uppumavu, or uppittu is a dish of thick porridge from dry-roasted semolina or coarse rice flour. [1] Upma originated from South India, and is most common in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Telangana, [2] Karnataka, Maharashtra, and in Sri Lankan Tamil communities.
Indian food is also heavily influenced by religious and cultural choices. Some Indian dishes are common in more than one region of India, with many vegetarian and vegan dishes. Some ingredients commonly found in Indian dishes include: rice, wheat, ginger, garlic, green chillies and spices.
This is a list of Indian sweets and desserts, also called mithai, a significant element in Indian cuisine. Indians are known for their unique taste and experimental behavior when it comes to food. Many Indian desserts are fried foods made with sugar, milk or condensed milk. Ingredients and preferred types of dessert vary by region.
Pitha is especially popular in Bangladesh and the eastern Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh (eastern parts), West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, the South Indian state of Kerala, and the Northeast Indian states, especially Assam. Pithas are typically made of rice flour, although there are some types of pitha made of wheat flour.
It is a speciality of the state of Karnataka in India.It was invented by the popular restaurant chain, Mavalli Tiffin Rooms (MTR) of Bangalore. [1] [2] During World War II, when rice, which is the staple item used in idli, was in short supply, [3] they experimented with making idli using semolina and created rava idli.