Rava Upma

When you want something fast and not sandwich for breakfast, then Upma is your lady
Load it with vegetables and there is a good colorful upma in your plate. The vegetables add so much color that its tempting. Adding this color will make it more exciting to kids and also those grownups like R who doesnt like any sort of Upma
You can make Upma with many varities like Broken Rice, Broken Wheat, Rice Rava, Rava, Semiya. This one is Rava Upma
When i was a kid, i hated Upma, i really dont know why i hated it. But then came a time in my life where me and 5 of my friends were staying together and we used to buy the readymade upma packets. You have to just boil water and add the mixture and breafast was ready.
Well later after a marriage and no ready made packets, i tried cooking it from scratch and realized that its not such a big deal. Its really very easy . So here comes the recipe

Serves - 3
Preparation Time - 15 mins

Ingredients (Serves 2)
Rava - 1 cup
Water - 2 cup
Mixed Vegetables - 150 gms (i used peas,carrot and potato)
Ginger - a small piece minced
Onion - 1/2 onion chopped
Green Chilly - 3-4 small
Tomato - 1 small (about 50-60 gms)
Grated Coconut - 5-6 tsp
Mustard - 2 tsp
Urad Dal - 1 tsp
Curry Leaves - a sprig
Salt
Oil - 2 tbsp

Dry roast the rava for 3-4 mins and keep aside
Heat oil in a pan, splutter the mustard, add curry leaves and then add urad dal and fry till light brown. Lower the heat to medium and add the onion and ginger and green chilly and saute it well.Add the tomatoes and saute them well. Add some salt at this point and add the chopped vegetables and cook till its half cooked.
Add the water and let it boil. Once it starts boiling, do a taste test for salt and add if needed more.Salt should be a littlle bit on the high end because we are yet to put Rava. Make sure that the flame/heat is in medium.
Now add Rava slowly and mix it into the water and leave it for 4-5 mins. It will be almost done now.
Add the grated coconut and mix with the upma and leave it in heat for 1-2 mins more and we are done

You can have Upma with Coconut chutney/papad/sugar
All these three items vary a lot in taste but you would be surprised to see how well each goes with Upma.

Try and let me know how it went for you
Happy Eating