RAVA UPMA:
Another famous tiffin in our south-india. Sooji in down south we call it as RAVA. It is nothing but middling of durum wheat which is mainly used for pasta in other countries.
In our country we use SOOJI very often in our regular diet in any form like kesari, upma, kheer, ladoo so on. It is rich in iron, potassium and proteins and it is beneficial to your kidney function.it is good for DIABETICS too and also it improves your heart health. One of our most favorite breakfast in our home is RAVA UPMA. Very easy to make, cost effective and simply delicious.
Ingredients:
- Rava – 1 cup
- Mild cooking oil/ ghee – 2 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 – 1- 1 ½ cup
- Salt – as req
Procedure:
Step 1:
In a wide pan dry roast the rava until the nice aroma comes (do not burn) and keep aside.
Step 2:
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 and sliced shallots. Sauté it for a while
Step 3:
Add water to the mixture with required amount of salt. Bring it to boil, turn the flame low and add the roasted rava slowly and stir constantly to avoid the formation of any lumps.
Step 4:
Now close the pan with the lid and cook it for few more mins in the low flame. Within few mins you will get a fluffy and yummy rava upma. Serve hot with some favorite chutney.
