VEG-RAVA KICHADI

This is an easy and wonderful breakfast prepared using rava. Actually most of us wont like rava upma, but when you modify this upma to a colorful dish by adding some vegetable, ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder etc..and make our loved ones to have this nutritious rava dish......and i love to share this dish to all you guys.....

Ingredients:
Upma Ravai - 250 gms
Carrots - 1
Beans - 30 gms
Potato - 2
Peas - 50 gms
Ghee
Onions - 2
Tomato - 2
Green chillies - 3
Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder - a pinch
Few Coriander Leaves
Few Curry Leaves
Salt & Water

For Tempering:
Jeera - 1 spoon
Bay Leaf - 1
Cloves - 2

Method:

• Add little ghee in a kadai and fry rava until you get good aroma and then keep a side.
• Heat little oil and ghee in another pan and add jeera, Bay leaf and cloves.
• To this add onion and green chillies, curry leaves, turmeric powder and fry until they becomes soft.
• Then add tomatoes and when it becomes soft add ginger-garlic paste and fry for few mints.
• After this add cut vegetables peas and fry them well.
• Now add 2 cups of boiling water and make the vegetables to cook.
• Add required salt.
• Once the vegetables gets cooked add fried rava (little by little) to this mixture and keep stirring(To avoid lumbs).
• Close the vessel with a lid and let the water come to a boil .
• Keep stirring the upma and finally add little ghee to it.
• Finally add coriander leaves before you eat.

Tasty and colorful Veg-Rava Kichidi is ready to taste with coconut chutney.