Rava Upma / Sooji Upma

Rava Upma is a South Indian breakfast dish made of  Rava/ Sooji. Upma is very easy to prepare. Today I am sharing my mom's upma recipe.

Ingredients

Rava / Sooji / Semolina ~ 1 Cup

Grated carrot ~ 1/2 cup

Chopped Beans ~ 1/4 cup ( Very small pieces )

Chopped Onions ~ 1/2 cup

Ginger ~ 1/2 tbsp

Garlic ~ 1/2 tbsp

Green chillies ~ 2 Nos

Turmeric powder ~ 3 pinch

Hot water ~ 1 cup

Urad Dal (Uzhunnu ) ~ 1 tbsp

Curry leaves ~ 4-5 leaves

Mustard seeds

Dry Red chillies ~ 2 Nos

Oil

Salt

Method

• Roast Rava / Sooji in a pan without adding oil in medium flame till it become slightly brown in color. ( Note : If you are buying roasted Rava / Sooji from the grocery shop, then you can skip this step. )

• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds crackle add dry red chillies ( 2 Nos ) and curry leaves. Then add Urad Dal and fry till it becomes light brown in color. 

• And then add chopped onions , chopped ginger , chopped garlic and chopped green chillies . Saute it till onions become soft. Then add chopped vegetables . And fry it for another 5-10 minutes. 

• Then add 1 cup of hot water along with salt and turmeric powder and bring it to a boil.

• Then lower the flame and add Rava / Sooji and immediately mix it nicely in order to avoid the formation of lumps. Continue stirring for almost 1 minute or until almost all water is absorbed by the Rava / Sooji. And then remove from the flame.

• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves, fried cashew nuts and fried raisins. ( This step is optional )

I love to have upma with sugar and banana..You can even have it with chutney. 

Cheers,