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Rava Upma

Make a quick one-pot breakfast with Semolina, vegetables and mild spices!

Ingredients

  • Rava/Suji/Semolina - 1 cup
  • Water - 2+1/4 cups
  • Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
  • White lentil - 1 tsp
  • Onion -1 finely chopped
  • Green peas - 1/2 cup
  • French beans - 6 finely chopped
  • Carrot - 1 grated
  • Curry leaves - 1 sprig
  • Salt to taste
  • Green chilies - 2 finely chopped
  • Asafoetida - 1/8 tsp
  • Ginger - 1 tbsp chopped
  • Vegetable oil - 2 tsp

Instructions

  1. Dry roast the rava in a pan on a low flame till its color changes slightly brown and a nice aroma comes from it. Remove it from the pan.
  2. Heat oil in a pan and add white lentil, asafoetida and mustard seeds and saute.
  3. When the mustard seeds crackle, add chopped onions and saute till onions turn translucent.
  4. Now add chopped green chilies and curry leaves and saute for few seconds.
  5. Add water, grated carrot, green peas and beans. Let the vegetables cook for few minutes.
  6. Lower the flame, add salt to taste. Add rava and keep stirring. Make sure no lumps form and mix well and let it cook for a minute.

  7. Transfer in a serving plate, add a dollop of ghee and serve it hot with Coconut Chutney.

Recipe Notes

Roast rava on low flame or it will burn easily.

You can also add shredded coconut and vegetables of your choice.