Description

Aiva Roasted Rava 1 KG is medium grade semolina, roasted at the mill and packed for general use. Aiva sell the same rava unroasted as upma rava, and this is the version that skips the pan.

Three brands of roasted rava on one shelf sounds like too many until you notice that each mill cuts to a slightly different grade, and that households are loyal to the texture they grew up with. There is no way to read that off a packet, which is why the shop carries more than one.

Why does the shop stock three roasted ravas? Because the grade differs between mills and nobody prints it. A kilo is cheap enough to try, and once you find the one that gives the upma texture you want you will buy nothing else.

How can I tell roasted from unroasted in the bag? By colour and smell. Roasted rava is faintly golden rather than chalk white, and it smells nutty when you open the pack. Raw rava smells of very little at all.

From another mill, the RG roasted rava kilo is worth comparing, and everything else in this aisle here carries the attas, besan and rice flours. 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.