Cracked wheat/ godhumai rava/ godhumai kurunai is mostly used in down south. But very rarely you can see this in most of the restaurants. My mom used to make this upma very often (my dad’s favorite) Very healthy and filling food. My hubby likes upma very much when compared to other tiffin. So I often made upma with different ingredient (it’s my responsibility to give him a tasty and helathy food too) at least once in a week we have this tasty and healthy Godhumai rava upma. Very easy to make and don’t forget to try this.
Some of the benefits of cracked wheat are
- Low in calorie
- Loaded with nutrients
- Rich in fiber
- It has no saturated fat/ trans-fat or cholesterol.
Ingredients:
- Cracked wheat – 1 cup
- Coconut oil – 3 tblsp
- Small onion – 5 nos (thinly sliced)
- Mixed veggies – 3 tblsp (optional)
- Kadalaparuppu / splitted chick pea – 1 tblsp
- Dry chillies – 2 nos (broken)
- Curry leaves – 1 sprig
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
- Asafetida – ¼ tsp
- Water – as req
- Salt – as req
Procedure:
Step 1:
In a cooking pan add oil, once the oil get hot add mustard and cumin seeds along with kadala paruppu. Let it splutter and add broken red chilies, asafetida, curry leaves, veggies and sliced shallots. Sauté it for a while
Step 2:
Add water to the mixture with required amount of salt. Bring it to boil, turn the flame low and add the cracked wheat slowly and stir well.
Step 4:
Now close the pan with the lid and cook it for few about 8-12 mins in the medium flame. Within few mins you will get a fluffy and delicious godhumai rava. Serve hot with some favorite chutney.
Note:
- Adding coconut oil will enhance the upma taste. It is purely optional.
- When compared to rava upma, this upma you need more water and the cooking time will take more.
