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The best Rava Idli in Bangalore

Also spelt rave idli, rava idly, ravaidli and semolina idli. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.

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  1. Number 1.MTR (Mavalli Tiffin Rooms)

    Mavalli, Lalbagh Road Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    6.30 to 11am, 12.30 to 8.30pm, shut Mondays
    Where
    14, Lalbagh Main Road, Doddamavalli, Sudhama Nagar, near Lalbagh main gate, Bengaluru 560027

    The rava idli was invented in this kitchen, and it still arrives with a thimble of ghee and potato saagu. Weekend queues are long, so get there by seven; tiffin stops at midday for meals.

    What to orderRava idli with ghee, coriander coconut chutney and potato saagu

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  2. Number 2.Hotel Raghavendra Prasanna

    Chickpet, at the metro entrance City Market and Chickpet

    Open
    About 8.30am to 8pm; one listing says shut Thursdays
    Where
    215/216, A S Char Street, Santhusapet, Chickpet, Bengaluru 560053, inside the Chickpet metro station entrance

    Order the full-size rava idli rather than the mini idlis everyone queues for, and ask for extra of that thin tempered chutney. Listings disagree on the closed day, so ring ahead midweek.

    What to orderStandard-size rava idli with the runny tempered chutney

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  3. Number 3.Chalukya Samrat

    Seshadripuram, near Mantri Mall Malleswaram and Rajajinagar

    Open
    7am to 11pm daily
    Where
    30 to 33, Nagappa Street, Nehru Circle, Seshadripuram, Bengaluru 560020

    The Race Course Road original shut in 2022 and the Church Street shop has gone too, so this is where the rava idli now lives. Weekend mornings fill up; the badam halwa is worth a parcel.

    What to orderRava idli topped with ghee, with saagu and chutney

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  4. Paakashala

    Binnamangala, Indiranagar Indiranagar

    Open
    7am to 10.30pm daily
    Where
    219, 2nd Main Road, Stage 2, Binnamangala, opposite BDA Complex, Indiranagar, Bengaluru 560038

    The thick green chutney here is the reason to order rava idli rather than dosa, and saagu comes alongside. It is a big multi-cuisine darshini, so ignore the North Indian half of the board.

    What to orderRava idli with gatti green chutney and saagu

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  5. CTR Shri Sagar (Central Tiffin Room)

    Malleswaram, Margosa Road Malleswaram and Rajajinagar

    Open
    7.30am to 12.30pm and 4 to 9.30pm
    Where
    7th Cross, Margosa Road, opposite Malleswaram Ground, Malleswaram, Bengaluru 560003

    Everyone comes for the benne dose, which is why the rave idli arrives quickly while you wait. Tables are tiny and shared, and the morning rush from about eight is unrelenting.

    What to orderRave idli with saagu, ordered before the benne dose

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  6. Janardhana Hotel

    High Grounds, near Race Course Road MG Road and central

    Open
    Tiffin 7.30 to 11am and 5 to 9pm; meals midday
    Where
    6-1, Kumara Krupa Road, High Grounds, near Race Course Road, Bengaluru 560001

    Blue walls, yellow tables, waiters who have been here twenty-five years: order the rava idly early, because tiffin stops at eleven and only meals come out until five. Mysore pak on the way out.

    What to orderRava idly, with a slab of their Mysore pak after

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  7. Udupi Sri Krishna Bhavan

    Balepet, near Avenue Road City Market and Chickpet

    Open
    7.45am to 7.45pm, all days
    Where
    123-124, Janardhana Buildings, Balepet Main Road, near Chickpet, Bengaluru 560053

    A hundred years in the same building, and the rava idli comes cheap with a sambar people cross town for. Skip the mid-morning lull if you want it hot; the sagu dose outshines it.

    What to orderRava idli with their sambar, then filter coffee

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  8. Sri Raghavendra Stores

    Malleswaram, by the railway station Malleswaram and Rajajinagar

    Open
    6am to 12.30pm and 4 to 9pm; shut Tuesdays
    Where
    11th Main Road, next to Malleswaram Railway Station, opposite Manipal North Side Hospital, Malleswaram, Bengaluru 560003

    Ask for the rave idli with saagu and ghee, then a vada to follow. There is nowhere to sit, so you eat on the pavement, and the shutters stay down on Tuesdays.

    What to orderRave idli with saagu and ghee, plus one vada

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