Rava Upma Recipe | Sooji Upma Recipe

Rava Upma recipe aka Sooji Upma recipe is a very popular and common breakfast in India. It requires minimal ingredients and can be prepared within 15 mins when we are running out of time. I would like to have hot and pluffy upma with sugar or with any chutney or simply plain upma also. Let’s go into the rava upma recipe

Rava Upma Recipe

Rava Upma Recipe | Sooji Upma Recipe

Priya Santhamohan

Rava Upma Recipe also known as Sooji Upma that requires minimal ingredients and can be prepared within 15 mins when we are running out of time.

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Total Time 20 mins

Course Breakfast, Tiffin

Cuisine South Indian

Servings 2 People

Calories

Equipment

• Stovetop

Ingredients

  

• 1/2 Cup Rava / Sooji
• 1 Big Onion
• 2 to 3 Green Chilli
• 1" Piece Ginger
• 1.5 Cup Water
• Salt As Required

To Temper

• 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
• 1/2 tsp Urad Dal
• 3 tsp Channa Dal
• 2 sprig Curry Leaves
• 1 tbsp Oil / Ghee Link for ghee

Instructions

 

• Chop onion lengthwise, green chilli and crushed ginger. Dry roast rava in a kadai without colour change, until rava leaves a nice smell. Keep it by side.
• Heat oil in a pan and temper with items given in the table ‘To Temper’. Add Onion, green chilli, ginger and fry till transparent.
  
• Add water, salt and bring to rolling boil. Now add rava very slowly in a sprinkled way to avoid lumps.
  
• Stir well and it thickens very soon. Also, it splutters too much, so be careful. Cook in low flame for 5 minutes. Drizzle a teaspoon of ghee or sesame oil. Keep covered for 10 minutes to retain the aroma.

  Enjoy this Rava Upma with any chutney or sugar. We had it with mint chutney.

Notes

Tips for Sooji Upma Recipe

1. You can add a pinch of turmeric powder for coloured upma.
2. Adding ghee at the end gives a very nice flavour to Rava Upma.
3. Add more water if you need a soft and mushy upma Recipe.
4. Don't change the colour of rava while roasting, it gives a bitter taste to Rava Upma Recipe.

Keyword Rava Upma Recipe, Sooji Upma Recipe, Upma Recipe

Method for Rava Upma Recipe

1. Chop onion lengthwise, green chilli and crushed ginger. Dry roast rava in a kadai without colour change, until rava leaves a nice smell. Keep it by side.

2. Heat oil in a pan and temper with items given in the table ‘To Temper’. Add Onion, green chilli, ginger and fry till transparent.

3. Add water, salt and bring to rolling boil. Now add rava very slowly in a sprinkled way to avoid lumps.

4. Stir well and it thickens very soon. Also, it splutters too much, so be careful. Cook in low flame for 5 minutes. Drizzle a teaspoon of ghee or sesame oil. Keep covered for 10 minutes to retain the aroma.

Enjoy this Rava Upma with any chutney or sugar. We had it with mint chutney.

Sooji Upma Recipe