Rava Upma | Sooji ka Upma

Breakfast, Veg Breakfast, Vegetarian

A common breakfast item in many Indian homes, rava upma allows us to improvise with whatvever ingredients we may have at home as long as the the basic rava or semolina is present. Below is my recipe that eliminates all the unsavoury lumps that may come up in your upma.

Recipe
Prepartion Time: 10 mins	Cooking Time: 10 mins
Ingredients:	Method:
1 cup rava/suji/semolina 1 small-sized onion, finely chopped 1 tomato, chopped some carrots, diced 1/2 tsp mustard seeds a pinch of asafoetida or hing curry leaves green chillies, chopped grated coconut (optional) coriander, chopped (optional) fresh lemon juice (optional) 1 tsp sugar salt to taste 1 tbsp pure ghee	Add the ghee on a pan and roast the rava on medium to low heat. while the rava roasts, heat some water on another stove once the rava starts puffing up, turn off the heat and transfer the rava to another bowl in the same pan, add some oil and heat it add mustard seeds and let them sizzle. add the hing add curry leaves add the chopped carrots let them cook a little add the tomatoes add salt and sugar add 2 cups of the hot water and let the veggies cook in the water for a few mins. (Remember the rava:water ratio is 1:2). now add the roasted rava slowly, and keep stirring the contents of the pan as you add the rava. Do this on a low flame. This will ensure that lumps don’t form in the upma. once the rava has been added in the veggies, if the rava seems too dry, add some more hot water. Cover the mixture with a lid for a couple of minutes. Let the rava and veggies mix well and settle in the steam. Uncover the lid and your rava upma is done! Garnish with grated coconut, coriander and lemon juice (optional)

Tadka on Sabzi

Sabji, Sabzi, Tadka, Vegetarian

We learnt how to administer/perform a basic tadka on a dal in previous post. let’s advance further and check how to use tadkas for making sabzis

Tadka on Yellow Dal

Dals, Maharashtrian Recipes, Tadka, Vegetarian

So, what exactly is a tadka? Tadka or tempering is technique involves adding spices to hot oil. it remains a delicate technique which makes your dish from good to perfect. Keep the oil lukewarm and the spices won’t sizzle Heat the oil too much and the spices will burn. Lets check the simplest way of adding a tadka on a plain yellow dal.