Godhuma Rava Upma – Wheat Rava Upma Recipe

• Broken wheat rava upma/ Godhuma rava – 1 cup
• Water – 3.5 cups
• Salt – as needed
• Chopped vegetables – 1/2 cup ( Carrot, peas, beans)
• Big onion or small onion – 1 no/ 15 nos
• Ginger – 1 inch piece
• Green chillies – 2 nos ( finely chopped)

To temper

• Cooking oil – 2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• Urad dal – 2 tsp
• Chana dal – 1 tbsp
• Curry leaves – few

• Wash and chop the vegetables finely and set aside.Chop the onions, slice the green chillies finely or slit them.
  
• Heat oil in a cooker base. Splutter mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal and curry leaves. Saute onions, ginger, green chillies and finely chopped vegetables. Mix well.
  
• Add water, required salt. When the water starts to roll boil, add wheat rava. Mix well till most of the water is absorbed by the wheat rava. When the mixture becomes semi thick, cover the cooker and keep the flame completely low. Put the weight valve and cook for one whistle. It takes nearly 8-10 minutes to cook. Switch off the flame and remove the cooker from the stove.
  
• Open the lid after the steam is released. Mix well with a fork like ladle. Serve hot with coconut chutney or sambar ! Garnish with freshly grated coconut and serve it hot if you like.
  

Enjoy !

• If you don’t like to cook in pressure cooker, you can make the same in kadai. Just cover cook for sometime till the wheat rava cooks. It takes more time to cook. So mix the rava once or twice in the middle while cooking and add more water if needed.
• Add more chillies if you want spicy upma.
• For variations and to give mild tangy taste, you can add one small, finely chopped tomato along with onions.