On 16 Jun 2005 01:25:26 -0700, "sona" > wrote:

>Rava Idli for 5 persons
>
>Semolina 2 cups
>Sour curd-3 cups
>salt
>coking soda-1 tea spoon
>For seasoning:
>Refined oil-1 table spoon
>mustard seeds-2 tea spoons
>jeera - 2 tea spoons
>cashewnuts - 20
>salt to taste
<snip method>

Seems to me 20 whole cashews are going to make pretty lumpy idli.
Should they be ground or chopped before using in this recipe?

Also, any substitutes for the cooking method? Not many of us have idli
steamers. :-)