Wheat Rava Upma / Broken Wheat Upma

This Upma is a South Indian Breakfast Recipe – a healthy and flavorful dish. You can serve this Upma with any pickle of your choice. Chutney and Sambar are also a good combination for this Upma.

Ingredients:

Broken Wheat (Wheat Rava) – 1cup

Oil – ½ tsp

Ghee – 1 tbsp

Mustard Seeds – ½ tsp

Black Gram – 1 tsp

Peanuts – 1 tbsp

Onion -1 (finely chopped)

Green Chilli – 1 or 2 (finely chopped)

Curry Leaves – from 1 twig

Grated Ginger 0 1 tsp

Tomato – 1 (finely chopped)

Salt to taste

Water – 2 to 2 ¼ cups

Method

Heat ½ tsp of Oil in a pan and roast the Wheat Rava in it for 2 to 3 minutes in medium flame. Keep it aside.

Heat 1 tbsp of Ghee in the same pan. Add Mustard Seeds and allow them to crackle. Add Black Gram and Peanuts. Roast them for a minute in low flame.

Add the Chopped Onions, Green Chilli, Ginger and Curry Leaves. Sauté them for 2 minutes.

Add chopped tomatoes and saute till soft.

Add 2 to 2 ¼ cups of water and bring them to a boil in high flame.

When it starts boiling, reduce the flame. Add Roasted Wheat Rava stirring continuously so that the lumps do not form.

Cover with a lid and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes in medium flame stirring in between till the water evaporates completely.

Transfer to a serving bowl. Serve with Chutney or Sambar or Pickles.

Notes:

You can add ½ cup of mixed vegetables like Carrots, Beans, Peas and Potatoes. Add vegetables (except Tomato) after frying the Onion. Sauté them for 2 to 3 minutes and then add the Potato. Follow the rest of procedure as above.

The roasted broken wheat Rava can also be pressure cooked with water and Salt for 2 to 3 whistles in medium flame if you are in a hurry.

The water quantity for this Upma is 1:2 ¼ depending on the quality of the wheat Rava.