Rava - Sooji Recipes - Upma - Sheera

Cream of wheat is also refered to as Semolina. In Indian languages, semolina is known as Rava or rawa or Suji or Sooji . It is made from the inner part of hard, durum wheat.

Semolina has high gluten content. It is high in protein, dietary fiber, carbohydrates. As it is bland in taste, it can be used to make both sweets and savory dishes.

Semolina cooks quite fast so it can be used in many dishes. It is used in making breakfast porridge, deserts, pasta dough. It is mixed in batter to make pancakes. It is used in making breads in small quantity to get a tasty crust.

In indian cooking, is used to make breakfast dishes such as upma, sheera, rava idli, rava dosa, rava uttappam etc. It is also used to make snacks such as maddur vada, etc. Semolina is used to make sweets such as rava ladoo, rava kheer, semolina pudding etc.

Rava is used to make Upma, Rava dosa(vegan pancake). It is also made in to a sweet dish called Halwa or Sheera. Finer semolina flour is also used in many dishes.

Semolina is also made from Corn and Rice. In that case it is called Corn Rava or Rice Rava and are used to make Upma, Idli and many other dishes.

Cream of wheat - Rava - Sooji - Semolina Recipes:

• Rava Idli
• Upma
• Sooji Halwa - Sheera
• Maddur Vada - snack recipe

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