Ingredients
- 2 cups semolina (sooji, rava)
- 1 carrot (gajar)
- 1/4 cup french beans (flas beans)
- 1 small cauliflower (phool gobi)
- 1 capsicum (Shimla mirch)
- 1 onion (pyaj)
- 1 inch ginger (adrak)
- 4 green chillies
- 1 lemon
- 6 tbsp oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds (raai)
- 4 red chillies whole
- 2 tsp black gram split (urad dal)
- 10-12 curry leaves (kari patta)
- 1/4 cup green peas (matar) (shelled)
- 1/4 tsp hing
- salt (namak) to taste
How to make Vegetable Rava Upma
- Roast the rava in a dry kadai without the color changing, remove and cool.
- Wash, peel and cut the vegetables to small dices of equal size.
- Peel and chop onion and ginger fine. Wash and slit the green chilies and squeeze the lemon, strain and keep juice.
- Boil water, add little salt and cook carrot, beans and cauliflower for 10 minutes, drain and reserve.
- Heat oil, temper with mustard seeds, red chilies, urad dal and curry leaves. Add the green chilies and stir.
- Add the onion, ginger and cook for a few minutes. Add the capsicum and green peas and mix for about 5 minutes. Add the cooked vegetables, sprinkle hing and salt to taste.
- Pour 4 cups water and bring to boil.
- When the water starts boiling, add the rava in a flow, stirring continuously to prevent lumps from forming.
- Cook for a few more minutes stirring all the while.
- Remove, drizzle lemon juice and serve hot.
