Upma - I

Ingredients

Sooji (upma rava) – 1 cup

Chopped onion – ½ cup

Green chilli – 3

For Tempering

Mustard seeds – ½ tsp

Jeera – ½ tsp

Urad dal – 1 tsp

Bengal gram – 1 tsp

Peanuts – 4 tsp (optional)

Chopped ginger – ½ inch piece

Curry leaves – little

Salt to taste

Oil – 3 tsp

Method

                 In a pan add 1 tsp oil and roast upma rava. In a same pan add 2 tsp oil add mustard seeds, jeera, inger, urad dal, Bengal gram, peanuts, curry leaves. Fry them till onions turn soft. Add 2 ½ cups water and salt and bring it to boil. When the water comes to boil, turn the flame to low, slowly pour upma rava while  stirring it with another hand to avoid lumps. Turn off flame and cover with a lid     for 4 minutes. Serve hot with pesarattu / any other chutney.