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Semolina(Rava) Upama


Tomato Semolina/Upama

Serves: 4
Cooking time: 11 minutes
Style: Maharashtrian

4 tablespoons ghee (clarified butter) / butter
1 cup(s) semolina (or quick cream of wheat)
1 teaspoon(s) each of mustard and cumin seeds
1 sprig(s) curry leaves
1 teaspoon(s) ginger chopped
2 green chilli(es) slit / chopped
2 onion(s) sliced finely
1 large tomato(es) chopped
4 tablespoons coriander leaves
2 tablespoon(s) grated coconut if available
2 cup(s) hot water
salt to taste
fried cashewnuts to garnish

1. Heat half of the ghee (clarified butter) in a pan. Fry semolina, stirring continuously, to a golden color on medium / low level for about 2 minute(s). Keep aside.
2. Heat the remaining ghee (clarified butter) in a pan. Toss in the mustard seeds followed by the cumin seeds and fry till the seeds splutter fully. Add the curry leaves, ginger, green chillies and onions. Stir fry on medium level for about 3 minutes or till the onions are transparent and soft.
3. Add the chopped tomatoes and fry on medium level for about 3 minutes or till they are soft and cooked. Add half of the coriander leaves (reserving the rest for garnishing) and fry briefly till they wilt.
4. Mix in the semolina and salt. Add the hot water to this and mix well. Add more hot water if the mixture is dry. Cover and cook on low heat for about 3 minutes or till the mixture is almost dry.
Garnish with fried cashewnuts, grated coconut and finely chopped coriander leaves















Ingredients

1 bowl Roasted Rava
1 medium size Spring Onion small pieces
1 Carrot pieces
1 tbl spoon green peas
Urad daal soaked 2 pinch
salt
1 tea spn sugar
mustard seeds,oil/ghee,cumin seeds
cilantro/coriandor
Hing optional
Green pepper
red dry pepper
turmuric (optional)
2 bowl boiling water

Procedure

put 1 tblspoon oil in a pan.heat. add mustard seeds.. let them splutter .. add
cumin,urad daal,green chilly pieces(optional), red chilly 2-3.
add onion..stir till it becomes golden brown
add other vegetables.
put rava ..stir well.. add salt ,sugar to taste.Hing(optional)
add boiling water .. close the lid of the pan let its steam for 5 mins.
Garnish with cilantro.
Serve hot with coconut chutney

(Tastes good if rava is roasted in pure ghee n upama is prepared in pure ghee instead of oil)