Vegetable upma

Ingredients:

1.5 cups of Rava/ Semolina
2-3 table spoons of oil
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tea spoon
Mustard seeds
1 tea spoon urad dal/ black gram
1 tea spoon bengal gram
2 dried red chili

4 finely chopped(or vertically chopped) green chilies

1/2 Onion finely chopped
1 cup Capsicum
1 finely chopped tomato
Salt to taste
Finely chopped coriander leaves
Finely chopped Ginger - 1/2 tea spoon
Lemon juice - 2 to 3 table spoons
Grated coconut (optional)

How to do:

Heat 3-4 table spoons of ghee in a pan and fry rava till they begin to turn brown at the bottom. Keep aside.

The texture of the upma depends on how much we roast it. If it is less roasted upma turns out to be very sticky, on the other hand if roasted too much, upma will be very dry.

Heat oil in a pan. Put mustard seeds. Add bengal gram, black gram, read chilie ,green chilies and turmeric powder when mustard splutters. Fry for a minute till the gram turns golden brown.

Add onion and capsicum and fry till it is cooked. Put 3 cups of water. Add ginger, tomato and salt and wait for the water to boil.

Once the water starts to boil, add rava , stirring water as and when rava is added. This is to avoid lumps.Switch off the heat.

Add lemon juice, finely chopped coriander leaves and grated coconut(optional) and mix well.It can be served with chutney or chutney pudi or can be eaten with curds.

Vegetables like carrot, beans, potatoes also can be added. Onion can be omitted if not needed.