Rava Upma/ Sooji upma recipe - Easy and quick south Indian breakfast recipe. Tamil nadu style rava upma recipe.

Ingredients (1 cup - 240ml )
Rava/Sooji /Semolina - 1 cup (coarse variety)
Water - 2.5 cups
Salt - as needed
Big onion - 1 no
Green chilli - 3 nos
Curry leaves - few
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Cooking oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tbsp
Chana dal - 1 tbsp
Coconut oil - 1 tbsp ( to add at the end)

Method :
Dry roast 1 cup of rava in a wide kadai in medium flame for 5 minutes.
Remove in a plate.
Heat oil in the kadai and season mustard, urad dal, chana dal. Let mustard seeds splutter and dals turn golden in color. Then add sliced onions, slitted green chillies, curry leaves, chopped ginger bits. Add finely chopped tomato, carrot, potato and a handful of peas if you wish. Saute for few minutes. Then add 2.5 cups water & required salt. Close the kadai with a lid and keep the flame high. After the water comes to a roll boil, simmer the flame completely.
Add the roasted rava in one hand and mix the water using a ladle in other hand. Add the rava slowly and gradually. Mix it carefully without lumps. Once all the water is absorbed by the rava, close the kadai with a lid and cook in medium flame for 3-4 minutes. Open the lid and mix well. Close the kadai again and cook for 2 minutes. Lastly add the coconut oil , mix well and serve hot with chutney or sugar ! You can skip tomato and add lemon juice at the end after switching off the flame.

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