RAVA UPMA / SOOJI UPMA

Hi friends,
Rava upma is a very easy to prepare dish. It is supposed to be rich in Calories and hence a very good breakfast recipe, as the breakfast has to be the heaviest meal of the day.

Ingredients:

• Rava or Sooji or semolina - 1 cup 
• Onion - one, big sized, finelychopped 
• Green chillies - 2
• Dry red chilli - 1 
• Mustard seeds - half a teaspoon 
• Jeera or cumin seeds - half a teaspoon 
• Chana dal (Bengal gram) - one teaspoon 
• Split urad dal (Black gram) - one teaspoon 
• Cashews - 6 numbers 
• Curry leaves - a few 
• Salt to taste 
• Oil - 3 tbsp 
• Ghee or clarified butter - 1 tbsp 
• Water - 2 cups

Method:

• Heat the ghee in a pan 
• Add the rava and saute well for 1 minute 
• Remove from the stove and keep aside 
• Heat oil in a pan 
• Add mustard seeds, jeera, split urad dal, chana dal and cashews 
• Saute well 
• Add curry leaves and allow it to splutter 
• Add the dry red chilli and green chillies 
• Saute well 
• Add water and cook covered with a lid for 5 minutes 
• After 5 minutes, once the water starts boiling, add the roasted Rava 
• Cook with lid covered for a minute 
• Then, remove the lid
• Keep stirring till the desired consistency is reached
• Serve hot with any side-dish of your choice

Tip:

• You can add coconut, in the form of small pieces or freshly grated, to the recipe to add flavour and taste the Upma
• In that case, you have to add the coconut after adding the onions and saute well

Please do try this recipe and enjoy the art of cooking!!!

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