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Bansi Rava Upma | Easy Breakfast Ideas

Course Breakfast, Dinner
By Diet Vegetarian
Dish Type Upma Varieties
Author Srivalli

Ingredients

  • 1 & 1/2 cups Bansi Rava / Samba Godumai / Broken Wheat
  • 1 cup Vegetables Peas, Carrot, Potato - chopped
  • 2 medium Onions
  • 1 medium Tomato
  • 4 medium Green Leaves
  • 3 tsp Ghee
  • 1 - 2 tsp Cooking Oil
  • A Pinch Turmeric Powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 3 & 1/2 cups Water

Seasoning

  • 1/4 tsp Mustard Seeds
  • 1/4 tsp Urad Dal
  • 5 - 6 leaves Curry Leaves
  • 2 Bay Leaves
  • 2 Cloves
  • 2" Cinnamon
  • 1 tsp Bengal Gram
  • 5 - 6 whole Cashew Nuts
  • 1 tsp Peanuts (optional)

Instructions

How to make Bansi Rava Upma

  • Depending on the type of Rava, whether it's roasted or raw, roast the amount in ghee and keep aside.
  • Once you have all the vegetables chopped, get ready to have the kadai on.
  • Heat a pan with cooking oil. Then, splutter with mustard seeds, then do the seasonings in the order mentioned.
  • Once the nuts are roasted well, add chopped green chilies, onions and sauté till the onions are pink. For upma, the onions shouldn't be browned. Add the tomatoes, salt, and turmeric powder. Fry till the tomatoes are soft.
  • Then, add the chopped vegetables. Simmer and sauté for 5 mins. Once the vegetables get half cooked, add the water and bring it to a boil. When you cover it, it gets cooked fast.
  • Once the water starts boiling, simmer and gradually add the roasted Rava. Ensure you stir well so that lumps are not formed. Cook on high for 2 mins, keep stirring. When everything combines well, add 2 tsp of ghee, simmer, and cook it covered.
  • Since the Rava is bigger grains, this needs about 10 - 15 mins of cooking. In between, you need to remove, ensure you don't allow the steam to get back to the vessel. Add the remaining ghee, mix everything again. And cook.
  • It's almost done in 15 - 20 mins of time.

Notes

This turned out really lip-smacking as it has the flavours of curry leaves and bay leaves in it, along with the spices. And it was perfectly grained and not soggy.
You got to take care of the chilies because it differs a lot in how you add them. Long silted leaves less spicy than chopped in middle, so go easy on that.
Bansi Rava upma is a perfect one for dieting as it has all the vegetables and if you reduce the ghee, which is actually good fat, nothing like it.
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