Mar 13, 2008

Cracked Wheat Upma

Cracked Wheat Upma (South Indian breakfast)
This Upma is very easy to prepare.

Ingredients

Wheat Rava............................................  2 cups
Mixed Vegetables(carrots peas tomato)......2 cups
Chopped Green Chilli................................\ 2tbsp
Ginger.................................................... ...2tbsp
Cashew Nuts (optional)............................ .5
Mustard Seeds..........................................1 tsp
Urad Dhal..................................................2tsp
Chana dhal.............................................. ..2tsp
Salt to Taste
Curry leaves few

Method

Heat a tawa with two tbsp oil. 
When the oil is hot add, mustard seeds, dhals,curry leaves and once they pop up add chilli ginger and vegetables.
Mix them well.When they become tender, add 4 cups of water to boil with salt. 
Add the rava slowly stir with a spoon and cover with a lid. 
Cook them in a low heat.The rava becomes soft, mix and keep for 5 more minutes. 
Serve the Upma hot with chutney.
Rava upma
Fry two cups of rava(suji) till it becomes red. Use the same procedure and prepare rava Upma.