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Rava Upma
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Upma | Rava Upma Recipe

Rava Upma is one of the easiest and tasty breaskfast / tiffen dish that we make often in ourhome. It's a staple food in South India. Made using Rava (Sooji), this can be made without any preparation in just 15 minutes. It can be served with Sambar / Chutney / Pickle or it can also be served plain.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Breakfast Dishes, Evening Tiffen
Cuisine: Indian, South Indian, Tamil Nadu Recipes
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 132kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam

Equipment

  • Heavy Bottomed Pan

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Semolina (Sooji / Rava)
  • 1 nos Onion (optional), finely chopped
  • 2.5 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon Salt (adjust to your taste)
  • 1 nos Green Chili

For Tempering

  • 2 tablespoon Oil (or Ghee)
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Split Urad Dal
  • 1 tablespoon Chana Dal
  • 1 sprig Curry leaves

Instructions

Preparation

  • Peel the onion and chop it to small pieces.

Start with roasting the Rava (Sooji)

  • Heat the pan and add Rava (Sooji). Roast it till we get nice aroma from the Sooji. Don’t let the color of the rava change. It may take about 2-3 minuts. Keep the roasted sooji aside. 

Tempering

  • Heat the oil (or ghee) in a pan. Add the mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds begins to sputter add the split urad dal, chana dhal, curry leaves and green chillies. Fry them till the color of the dal change to golden brown

Start making the Upma

  • Add the chopped onion. Fry it till it becomes transparanet.
  • Now add the water and salt. Add 2.5 cups of water (for 1 cup of Rava)
  • When the water starts to boil, add rava and stir it to finely so that the rava is cooked properly. You need to be very careful when adding the rava as it becomes round balls while adding in the hot water. To avoid this keep stirring the water and add the rava slowly and continuously. 
  • Once the water is absorbed, simmer the flame, cover the pan and cook the upma for about 2-3 minutes in low flame
  • The delicious Rava uppuma is ready to serve.

Video

Notes

  1. You can add 2.5 cups of water for one cup of Rava to get the upma to be non sticky and fluffy. Cook in simmer for about 10 mins to get fluffy, non sticky upma
  2. You can add Ginger, Tomato, vegetibale based on your taste and make different version of the upma.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cup | Calories: 132kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 3.5g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 179mg | Potassium: 191mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2.7g