Sooji | Rava kichadi

Here is my all-time favorite Rava kichadi.  My family always prefers wheat upma so I rarely prepare this though I like it very much. This is a mix of rava and your favorite vegetables. The soft texture and color along with the coconut oil smell.. pppaaaa.. No words to explain that.

Let us see how to make this colorful South Indian breakfasts.

Ingredients:

Rava/Sooji - 1 cup

Mustard - 1 tsp

Channa dal - 2 tblsp

Urad dal - 1 tblsp

Curry leaves - a sprig

Onion – 2

Tomato – 2 medium

Green peas – 1/4 cup (fresh or frozen)

Carrot – 1

Potato – 1

Green chilies – 5

Ginger – 1 tblsp (finely chopped)

Turmeric – 1/4 tsp

Salt as required

Water – 4 cups

Coconut oil - 2 tsp

Method:

Keep all the ingredients ready.

Peel the skin and chop the vegetables into cubes.

Chop onion and green chilies lengthwise.

Take the green peas, chopped potato and carrot in a sauce pan. Add water and par boil. Don’t overcook.

Meantime in another pan, heat oil and fry the Sooji for 5 mins. Keep stirring to avoid burnt.

Heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel.

Add mustard wait till it splitters.

Add urad dal and channa dal. Fry till the color changes slightly golden.

Add ginger, green chilies and curry leaves. Fry for 10 seconds.

Now add the onion and fry till the color changes.

Add tomato, turmeric and cook till is becomes gooey.

Now drain water from the par boiled vegetables and add.

Add required salt for vegetables.

Mix well and cook for few mins so that the vegetables absorb salt. It should become thick.

Now add 3 cups of water and salt. Let it roll boil. Be careful as you have already added salt for vegetables.

Add the fried Sooji slowly by one hand. Stir the mix in another hand to avoid lumps.

Mix well and wait till the water absorbed by Sooji.

Now simmer flame. Cover the pan and cook for 5 mins.

Add finely chopped coriander leaves and give a mix.

Serve hot with Coconut Chutney.

Note:

I like to add coconut oil. You can replace oil with ghee.

Try to add less water and cook the vegetables to avoid draining the excess water as there are chances to lose water soluble vitamins from vegs.

Add salt carefully as you are adding 2 times.