SAMBA RAVA UPMA

Hi friends,
Samba rava Upma is a healthy and nutritious recipe that can be made for breakfast or dinner. It is ideal for diabetics. It can be easily prepared at home.

Ingredients:

• Samba rava or broken wheat rava or brown semolina - 1 cup
• Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon 
• Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon 
• Split black gram - 1 teaspoon 
• Bengal gram - 1 teaspoon 
• Asafoetida - 1/2 teaspoon 
• Onion - 1, medium sized, finely chopped 
• Green chillies - 2, vertically slit
• Curry leaves - a few
• Salt - to taste 
• Water - 2.5 cups 
• Oil - 1 tablespoon  

Method:

• Heat oil in a kadai or wok
• Add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, split black gram, Bengal gram and asafoetida 
• Once the seeds splutter, add the curry leaves, green chillies and onion
• Sauté well
• Add the Samba rava and salt 
• Sauté well 
• Add water
• Cook with lid covered for 7-9 minutes 
• Remove the lid
• Keep stirring till done
• Serve hot with accompaniment of your choice 

Tips:

• You may wash and soak the samba rava in water for about 15 minutes before preparing this recipe, so that the samba rava gets cooked faster. In that case, it will get cooked in 4-5 minutes itself 

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

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