* 1 cup rava (semolina/bombayi ravva/sooji/cracked wheat/rice ravva/biyyam ravva/goduma ravva/semiya)
* 4 green chillies
* 1/2 cup milk
* 1 piece ginger
* 4 small bay leaves(tej patta)
* 1 teaspoon mustard seeds,
* urad, and chana dal
* 25 fried cashewnuts
* few curry leaves
* 1 onion chopped finely
* coriander leaves for garnishing
* Water 4cups
* salt to taste.
Method :
Fry rava to a golden colour in 2-3 teaspoon ghee. Heat 2 teaspoons oil and put some tadka in the heat pan by adding the mustard seeds,jeera,chanaddal,peanuts few,urad dal ...
When the dals become red add ginger, chillies, bay and curry leaves and onion and fry.
Add milk and mix well.Then pour 4 cups water, add some salt to it and bring it to a boil, reduce heat and add rava slowly by continuous stirring.
Cook while stirring constantly till the rava become thick and dry. Garnish with coriander leaves, mix in cashewnuts and serve immediately with coconut chutney.
Note:
Here u can use any type of ravva is same procedure to make upma, only water quantity varies .
for Ex:sooji-4-6 cups of water can b used for 1 cup of ravva.
cracked wheat ravva:2-21/2cups of water for 1 cup
we can add some vegetables like peas,tamatoes,beans etc
These are approximate measures...