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Rava Kichadi is one of the most popular and common breakfast dish in South India. It's easy, quick to make, also very healthy and colorful. This kichadi is aromatic and melt in mouth. A very popular dish in South Indian marriages where it is served as the evening tiffin. Usually this Rava kichadi is served with Coconut Chutney and Tiffin Sambar. But a simple pickle is a best combination for this kichadi. We have Khichdi in NorthIndia too. Khichdi in Hindi means "mix". It is a one-pot meal made with rice and dal. But our SouthIndian Kichadi is made only with Sooji and vegetables. Rava upma which is also a very commonly made breakfast in Southern India is much similar to this Rava Kichadi. Upma is more of crumble texture and also with less oil and ghee. Most of the time we make upma plain only with onion and sooji.

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Tips for making Rava Kichadi:

If we use plain sooji, dry roast till you get nice aroma. If you already have store bought roasted rava, you can use it directly without roasting.
We can use wheat rava instead of upma rava.
Adding cashews are optional.
Add veggies of your choice.
The ratio of rava to water is 1:3. For 1 cup of rava use 3 cups of water.
Adding ghee really enhances the taste of the kichadi, but if you prefer not to use you can exclude.

You may also want to try:

Vermicelli Sooji Bath: Semiya Rava Kichadi, a combination of both Vermicelli and Sooji along with vegetables makes this bhath so rich and tasty.
Instant Pot Rava Kichadi: Making of the Rava Kichadi in Instant pot is very simple and easy to make. Rava Kichadi, a rich vegetable upma usually served with coconut chutney or pickle.
Kanchipuram Rava Upma: Kanchipuram Rava Upma is a traditional rava upma but with addition of Peper, Jeera, Coconut and other spices. These additional spices gives good aroma and taste to the upma. A good variation to the conventional rava upma which your family may like it better.
Moong Dal Khichdi: Dal Khichdi, Lentils and rice cooked with turmeric, cumin, chilli & curry leaves. This Khichdi is a one pot protein rich nutritious meal! Dal Khichdi is usually served with Pickle and papad!
Green Moong Khichdi: Green Moong dal khichdi is a simple one pot dish of whole green gram dal and rice. Khichdi is wholesome and nutritious. This dish can be served with Papad / Raitha.

Recipe card for making Rava Kichadi (Sooji Kichadi)

INSTRUCTIONS WITH STEP BY STEP PICTURES:

PREPARATION

Finely chop the vegetables and keep it aside.
Heat the pan and add the rava (sooji) and fry it till the raw smell goes off and take it separately. If you get the fried rava in the market then you can skip this step.

In another sauce pan, add 3 cups of water(1 : 3 ratio) along with 1 teaspoon of salt. Bring the water to rolling boil.

LET'S MAKE KICHADI

In the pan, pour the oil and add the mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds begins to sputter add the channa dal, ginger, green chilies, curry leaves and fry till dal becomes light brown color.

Add cashews and fry till it is light brown.

Now add the chopped onions and sauté the onions till translucent.

When the onions become translucent, add chopped tomato to the pan along with turmeric powder and ½ teaspoon salt.

Next add all the chopped vegetables and sauté for couple of minutes. You can also optionally add 1 teaspoon of Ghee for better taste.Keep in a medium flame for 5 minutes so that the vegetables are half-cooked.

Now add the roasted rava/sooji and mix well with the vegetables.

Keep the flame in low and add the boiled water to the rava and stir well to avoid lumps.

Cover the pan with a lid and keep in low flame till the rava and vegetables are cooked completely. After 5 minutes, when the rava and vegetables are cooked completely, switch off the flame.