Description

RG Roasted Rava 1KG is semolina that has been roasted at the mill. There is nothing regional or specialised about it, which is precisely its appeal, since it will do whatever the recipe in front of you asks.

Roasted rava is the more forgiving thing to keep in a cupboard. It goes straight into upma, into sooji halwa or kesari, into a rava dosa batter, and into the coating for fried fish or vegetables where a bit of grit is wanted. Buying it roasted also means it keeps a little longer once opened.

Can I use roasted rava for everything? For almost everything, yes. The one case where raw is preferred is when a cook wants to control the depth of the roast themselves, typically for a very pale halwa or a particular dosa batter.

Does roasted rava still need toasting in the pan? Not really, though two minutes in a dry pan freshens a packet that has been open a while and brings the smell back. It does not need the full five to seven minutes that raw rava does.

For a grainier Andhra style upma, the Andhra special upma rava is cut for the job, and rava and semolina at Panjab Supermarket holds every grade from fine to coarse. Vegetarian. Keep it sealed and dry, and look through the pack before you use it, because rava draws weevils faster than flour does. Order online at Panjab Supermarket for same-day delivery across Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Leidsche Rijn, Vleuten, Maarssen, Zeist, Bunnik, IJsselstein, Vianen, and Culemborg. Free delivery on orders over 49 euros.