Rava Upma

 

 

Ingredients

Items

Qnty

Comments

Fine Rava or Sooji

1 cup

(tamil:ravai)

Onion

1 medium size

(tamil:venagayam)

Green Chillies

5

(tamil:pachai milagai)

Ginger

½ an inch piece

(tamil:ingi)

Mustard Seeds

1 teaspoon

(tamil:kaduku)

Black Gram(Skinless)

½ teaspoon

(tamil:ooluntham paruppu)

Curry Leaves

5

(tamil:Karuvepillai)

Asafoetida

¼ teaspoon

(tamil:perungayam)

Salt

1 teaspoon

Or as required

Oil

5 teaspoons

For Frying

 

Method

 

1.      Heat the tawa(wok) and fry the rava(without oil) for about 5 minutes in a low flame until it gives a good smell.

 

2.      Off the stove and transfer the rava to a plate.

 

3.      Finely cut the onion and slit the chillies.

 

4.      Scrape of the skin from the ginger and cut it into small pieces.

 

5.      Heat the oil in a tawa and add mustard seeds,urad dhal,asafoetida powder and curry leaves in that order.

 

6.      When it splutters add the onions and chillies and sauté well until the onions start changing colour.

 

7.      Pour 2 cups of water and add salt and stir well.

 

8.      When the water starts boiling add the fried rava and stir well.

 

9.      Keep on stirring once and then to avoid the formation of lumps.

 

10.  In about 10 minutes it gets well cooked.Off the stove.

 

11.  Transfer to a serving plate.

 

 

Tips

 

·         Gothumai rava(Wheat Sooji) can be used instead of white rava for the above recipe but the ratio is 1 cup of rava : 3 cups of water.

·         Serve hot with pachadi or sambhar.