Rava/ Sooji Upuma

Rava/Sooji Upuma

Purely Bachelor cooking! A popular recipe in most parts of India and Srilanka. Whether it’s wheat semolina or rice semolina no matter it is easy to cook, healthy and more than that tummy full.

Ingredients:

Rava – 1 cup

Onion – 1 finely chopped

Green chilli – 1 finely chopped

Ginger – 1 tbsp finely chopped

Grated coconut – ½ cup

Salt – for taste

Water – 2 cups/as required

For seasoning:

Oil – 2 tbsp

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Urad dal – 1 tbsp

Red chilli- 1

Curry leaves – a sprig

Method:

Fry the rava in a kadai until you get the flavour and keep aside. Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, when it splutters add urad dal, red chilli and curry leaves. 

Add chopped onions when dal turns golden brown. Now add chopped green chillies and ginger. Saute well. 

Add grated coconut when onion turns transparent. 

Grated coconut gives a nice aroma when on heat. 

Now add 2 cups of water and salt. Water and rava must be in 2:1 ratio. 

Taste the water and make sure it is salty. Allow it to boil. 

When water boils well reduce the flame and add rava slowly and stir slightly so that there will be no lumps. 

Allow to heat for 5 minutes on low flame. Switch off stove and close kadai with a lid. Hot upuma is ready. Serve with banana/chutney/sambar as your wish.