Categories: Upma
Ingredients
- Normal rava/semolina: 3 cups
- Vegetables of your choice: 1 cup chopped (I normally add carrots, french beans, peas, potato)
- Tomato: 2 medium sized
- Onion: 1 no(optional)
- Green chilli: 2 nos
- Water: 6 cups
- Ghee/Clarified butter: 1 tsp
- Oil: 2-3 tbsp
- Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp
- Cumin seeds: 1/2 tsp
- Urad dal: 2 tsp
- Channa dal: 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder: a big pinch
- Rasam powder: 1.5 tsp (MTR rasam powder would taste great too)
- Curry leaves: 1 string
- Grated coconut: 3 tbsp
- Salt: According to taste
- Sugar: 1 tbsp (adjust according to your needs)
- Lemon juice: 1 to 1.5 tbsp (adjust according to your family needs)
- Coriander leaves: 3 tbsp (finely chopped)
Directions
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Heat ghee in a wok & when ghee is warm, add semolina to it. Roast the semolina on a low/medium heat for 5-8 minutes or until the semolina turned golden & aroma fills the house. Keep the semolina aside.
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Cook the mixed vegetables in a cup of water until soft & yet crunchy.
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Meantime, boil the water.
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Heat oil in a broad pan & start the tempering process. Start with mustard, followed by cumin, urad dal, channa dal & fry till dals turns golden brown. Throw in the green chilli, curry leaves, onion & saute until onions turn translucent. Add tomato & cook for a minute or two. Add the cooked vegetables & saute it again.Add the rasam powder, turmeric & mix them.
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Pour in the boiling or hot water to the pan.
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Add salt, sugar & allow the water to boil again. When water starts bubbling, reduce the heat.
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Now carefully, add the semolina to the boiling water. Keep stirring to ensure no lumps are formed. (Keep the semolina in a big plate. Take the plate in one of your hands, carefully start dropping the semolina to the boiling water & keep stirring the water using the other hand). Close the lid & reduce the heat. Let the semolina get cooked for 1 to 2 mins.
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Open the lid & mix well.
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Add the lemon juice, coriander leaves & coconut. Mix again & serve it hot.