A Step By Step Guide For Cooking Rava Upma

Upma – A very popular savory south Indian breakfast dish made using semolina, spices and herbs.

It is super easy 15 minutes recipe that is crazy delicious and a healthy meal in itself. Here is how to make it step by step on stove top as well as in the Instant Pot.

Ingredients

Step By Step Recipe Photos

In a kadhai or pan, for roasting rava, heat 1/2 tablespoon ghee or oil. Photo 1.

Add rava (semolina) and roast is for 2-3 minutes on medium taking care that it doesn’t burn, once roasted well, it will release nice roasted earthy aroma. Photo 2.

Transfer it on a plate and set it aside. Photo 3.

In a same pan, heat remaining ghee. Add mustard seeds and allow it to crackle. Now, add chana dal and urad dal and fry for 30 seconds on medium heat until just golden, do not burn. Photo 4.

Add cashew nuts and fry for another 30 seconds, until just light brown. Add curry leaves and green chilies, fry for 30 seconds. Photo 5.

Now add chopped onions, grated ginger, salt and fry until soft and pink. Photo 6.

Next, add peas and carrot and fry on high for another minute. Photo 7.

Then, add 3 cups of water and mix. Bring to a boil, add salt, sugar, lemon juice and mix. Photo 8.

Now, gradually add roasted sooji/rava stirring continouosly to avoid any lumps. Mix well. Photo 9.

Next, on a medium heat, let it to cook for a minute such that rava absorbs all the water. Photo 10.

Now, cover the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes on low heat. This helps to steam the upma well. Here, you may add some more lemon juice also, if you wish to. Photo 11.

It is ready to serve. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve. Photo 12

Making Rava Upma In Instant Pot

Note: As we will be making it in Instant pot, I would recommend you to either dry roast the semolina in pan on stove top or use store bought roasted semolina. You will find that roasted sooji is mentioned on the store bought package. Just pick that pack from the store and proceed with this method.

To start with, switch on the IP on normal sauté mode and heat ghee or oil. Then, add mustard seeds and sauté for few seconds. Photo 1.

Add chana dal and urad dal, sauté until it just turns light golden. Photo 2.

Then, add cashew nuts and sauté for few seconds until its golden. Do not Burn. Photo 3.

Add curry leaves and green chilies, fry for few seconds. Photo 4.

Now, add chopped onions and grated ginger. Sauté until onion turns out soft. Photo 5.

Add green peas and chopped carrot, sauté for 1 minute. Photo 6.

Now, add dry roasted semolina and mix. Photo 7.

Add salt, sugar, lemon juice and 3 cups of warm water and immediately mix everything. (you can add 2.5 cups of water if you like little denser consistency). Photo 8.

Cover the pot with IP lid and set the pressure to Low for ‘1’ minute only. The IP will build the pressure and immediately it will turn off as we have the cooking time to 1 minute only. Photo 9.

Let it rest for 5 minutes and then open the pot. By this time upma will be cooked through well. You will see that all the water has been absorbed. Photo 10.

Add chopped coriander leaves and mix. Take the inner steel pot out of the IP, Cover with glass lid and let it rest for another couple of minutes. Photo 11.

You can see how beautifully it has been cooked in Ip without any burns at the bottom. Photo 12.

Dish out the Upma and serve hot with coconut on the side.