A traditional South Indian breakfast dish made from semolina (rava/sooji) cooked with spices and vegetables.
Ingredients
- 1cuprava (sooji)
- 2cupswater
- 1tbspcoconut oil
- 1tspmustard seeds
- 1piecesmall onion, sliced
- 2piecegreen chilies, sliced
- 1sprigcurry leaves
- 1piecesmall ginger, sliced
- 1tspsalt (to taste)
How to make Rava Upma
Take one cup of rava (sooji) and place it in another plate. Take 2 cups of water in the same cup used to measure the rava (sooji).
Put a pan on the stove and add coconut oil. When the oil heats up, add mustard seeds.
Add sliced onion, green chilies, curry leaves, and sliced ginger to the oil. Sauté until the onion is translucent.
Add the water taken before and heat it up.
Add salt to the water and check the taste.
When the water boils, add the rava (sooji) to the pan and stir continuously. Let the rava cook well in the water.
Cover the pan with a lid and cook on low flame for 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes, check the consistency of the rava.
When the rava is cooked well, turn off the flame and leave the pan closed for 10 minutes.
Tips & Tricks
You can have rava upma with some sugar or some curry like chicken or vegetable stew.
Add a little sugar in boiling water, it will tastes good