Rava Upma also known as Sooji Upma 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. Lets go into the rava upma recipe
Rava Upma
Rava Upma Recipe | Easy Breakfast Recipes
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian | Recipe Category: Breakfast / Tiffin Items
Preparation + Cooking Time : 20 Mins | Serves : 2
- Rava – ½ cup
- Big Onion – 1
- Green Chilli – 2 to 3
- Ginger – 1 inch piece
- Water – 1 ½ cup
- Salt – To taste
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Urad Dal – ½ tsp
- Channa Dal – 3 tsp
- Curry Leaves – 2 sprig
- Oil / Ghee – 1 tblsp
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 roll boil. Now add rava very slowly in sprinkled way to avoid lumps.
4. Stir well and it thickens very soon. Also it splutter 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.
Rava Upma Recipe
1. You can add a pinch of turmeric powder for coloured upma.
2. Adding ghee at end gives a very nice flavour to Rava Upma.
3. Add more water if you need a soft and mushy upma.
4. Don’t change the colour of rava while roasting, it gives a bitter taste to Rava Upma.
