Rava Upma or Kichadi is one of the most common breakfast or dinner recipes in Southern Indian Kitchen. Rava Upma is plain and simple upma with only Sooji, onion, green chili and salt. We enrich the same upma with lots of vegetables and we call it "Kichadi". Rava Kichadi is served with chutney or lemon pickle.

We can make Rava Upma in a open pan or a pressure cooker. Here, I have used Instant Pot to make Rava Kichadi. With Instant Pot already so popular here in US, I recently got one for me and started experimenting our regular food. Instant Pot is so handy and we can cook lots of delicious one pot meal. I have already published "Instant Pot Bisibelabath" . I make Rava Kichadi very often in Instant Pot and every time it would turned out good. If there are more guests at home, making Rava Kichadi in Instant Pot is really handy.

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INSTRUCTIONS with Step by Step Pictures:

TEMPERING PROCESS

Press the sauté mode in "Instant Pot". Once the Instant Pot indicator shows "On", add oil and let it gets hot. When the oil is hot, add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Add bengal gram and fry till dal becomes light brown. Then add cashwes and fry till light brown. Next, add green chili and curry leaves and give a mix

MAKING KICHADI

Now, add the chopped onion and sauté till the onions turn translucent Next, add chopped tomato and vegetables and give a good mix. Sauté the vegetables for 2 mins. Then add turmeric powder to the vegetables.

Add the rava to the instant pot and mix well with the vegetables. Add 4 Cups of water to the pan. Next, add necessary salt and give a mix.

Press the Cancel Button of the Instant Pot. Close the pot with the lid and move the vent to "Sealing" position. Next, press the "Pressure Cook" or "Manual" mode, and set the timer to "2 mins". Once the timer is done, Press the "Cancel" mode and safely quick release the pressure.