Upma Recipe (South Indian Rava Upma)

Name: Upma Recipe (South Indian Rava Upma)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup rava (- finer variety (sooji or cream of wheat or semolina)); 2 tablespoons Ghee ((clarified butter) or oil ); 1 teaspoon mustard seeds; ½ teaspoon cumin seeds; 1 teaspoon chana dal ((split and husked bengal gram)); 1 teaspoon urad dal ((split and husked black gram)); 10 to 12 cashews (- optional); ⅓ cup onions (- finely chopped or 1 medium-sized onion); 1 teaspoon green chilli (- chopped or 1 green chilli); 1 teaspoon ginger (- finely chopped or 1 inch ginger); 1 sprig curry leaves (or 10 to 12 curry leaves); 2.5 cups water; salt (as required); ½ to 1 teaspoon sugar (or add as required, optional); 2 tablespoons coriander leaves (- chopped (cilantro))

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:15min

Upma is a popular as well as a traditional South Indian breakfast dish made from roasted semolina or cream of wheat (suji or rava in Hindi) cooked with tempered mustard seeds, cumin seeds, lentils, curry leaves, onion, ginger, green chilies, creating a soft, savory, and lightly spiced dish often enjoyed with coconut chutney or pickle. It is also known as Rava Upma. This Upma recipe makes for a really delicious and tasty breakfast.

Updated at: Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:08:03 GMT