Vegetable Rava Uppuma

Ingredients :

• Sooji [ rava ] - 1 cup
• Chopped vegetables - 1/2 cup [ finely chopped ]
• [ onions, carrot, green peas, potato and tomatoes ]
• Salt - as required
• Water - 2 to 21/2 cups
• Green chilli - 1 finely chopped
• Ginger - 1/2 inch piece [ finely chopped ]
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Ghee- 3 tbsp
• Oil - 2 tsp
• Asafoetida - a pinch
• Curry leaves - little
• Fresh coriander leaves - little

For seasoning :

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Black broken dal - 1/2 tsp
Bengal gram dal - 1/2 tsp

Method :

Take one deep kadai, heat oil in high flame for 2 minutes. Add mustard seeds, urad dal, bengal gram dal, chopped green chillies, curry leaves, ginger and asafoetida. When the dals change in colour, add onions and mix well. Then add vegetables and tomatoes, fry for another 3 minutes. Then add rava and mix well. Then add boiled water along with salt. Keep the gas in low flame stir well till rava completey cooked. Add ghee to that mix well. Garnish with curry leaves and coriander leaves. Add roasted peanuts, cashew nuts to uppuma for a crunchy flavor.