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Semolina (Sooji / Rava)

ドーサをパリパリにする魔法の粉!スイーツにも化ける万能小麦粉

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Description

Yellowish coarse-ground durum wheat flour. Famous for pasta, but used as Dosa batter or sweet porridge (Halwa) base in India.

Classification: For Everyone,Flours,Crispy/Chewy

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How to use

Ingredients

  • Semolina

Instructions

  1. When making Rava Dosa, dissolve watery with rice flour in water, bake crispy in net-shape on griddle.
  2. Dry-roast fragrantly in Ghee, absorb sugar/milk into fluffy sweet porridge (Sooji Halwa).
  3. Dust as fish fry batter, deep-frying outside crispy to the limit.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips

Key spices

None

Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets

Blend of rice flour and coarse wheat flour (as crispiness sub)

Pairing

Rava Dosa, Sooji Halwa, Fish fry

Trivia

[Trend] Called 'Sooji' in North, 'Rava' in South. Being coarse, gluten forms poorly; absorbing massive moisture turning chewy when cooked, or crispy when baked—an interesting flour completely changing faces by cooking method.

Eating tips & etiquette

[Unique Eating] Spoon and stuff warm Sooji Halwa—chewy after absorbing massive Ghee and sugar—for breakfast!

Allergen

Wheat

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