RAVA UPMA RECIPE

Ingredients To Cook Upma Recipe

Talking about the ingredients, few spices are a must to cook suji ka upma .i.e mustard seeds, curry leaves, urad dal, chana dal and cashew nuts. Mustard Seeds, dals and curry leaves tempering gives distinct characteristic flavour that depicts a true South Indian Upma flavour. So, I would highly recommend using it in the recipe.

Cashew nuts adds great texture and nutty taste to soft upma, so do consider adding it to the recipe. However, if you are allergic to cashew nuts, then just skip it

Main component of this Upma recipe, of course is dry roasted semolina (rava). Significantly, roast the upma in ghee for rich flavour and taste.

The other seasoning ingredients are ginger, green chillies, onions, salt, sugar and lemon juice. Feel free to skip onions, if you want to make upma without it.

If you notice I have also added couple of veggies .i.e carrot and peas, as it was our lunch meal. But, if you wish, you can skip veggies, no any such rules to add vegetables is a must.

Next, I have used ghee to make this sooji upma, but you can use refined oil as well. However, ghee gives more enticing aroma and taste to it. Also, if you want a vegan option then, skip ghee and use any plant-based oil. Lastly, coriander leaves are used for garnish.

Tips To Make Best Rava Upma Recipe At Home

• If you like to eat it soft and melt in mouth upma, do add exact 3 cups of water to 1 cup of rava. This will give perfect softness preventing it to get dry.
  Note: Also, to make the perfect upma, always use the same measuring cup to measure the water that you are using to measure rava.
• Another important thing here is, roasted semolina gives fine taste and earthy flavour to the recipe. So, do not forget roast the sooji in ghee (or oil, for vegan version) before proceeding to make upma
• For best flavour, make Upma recipe in ghee only.
• Stir continuously after adding the semolina, in order to avoid formation of any lump.

Serve Rava Upma With

Do serve this hot rava upma along with coconut chutneys and a cup of hot filter coffee. Mark my words, this combination is a heaven.

Now, quickly let’s head on to How to make rava upma at home

How To Make Upma Recipe – Step By Step

In a kadhai or pan, for roasting rava, heat 1/2 tablespoon ghee or oil. Add rava (semolina) and roast is for 2 minutes on medium taking care that it doesn’t burn, once roasted well, it will release nice roasted earthy aroma.

Transfer it on a plate and set it aside.

To Cook Rava Upma Recipe

In a same pan, heat remaining ghee. Add mustard seeds and allow it to crackle. Now, add chana dal and urad dal and fry for 30 seconds until just golden, do not burn

Add cashew nuts and fry for another 30 seconds, until just light brown. Add curry leaves and green chillies, fry for 30 seconds.

Now add chopped onions, grated ginger,salt and fry until soft and pink.

Next, add  peas and carrot and fry on high for another minute.

Then, add 3 cups of water and mix. Bring to a boil and add sugar, lemon juice, mix

Now, gradually add roasted sooji/rava stirring continouosly to avoid any lumps. Mix well

Next, on a medium flame, allow it to cook for a minute such that rava absorbs all the water.

Now, cover and cook for 2-3 minutes on low heat. This helps to steam the sooji upma well. Here, you may add some more lemon juice also, if you wish to. Delicious soft suji ka upma recipe is ready to serve. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve