
Time and servings
Time and servings
Ingredients
for upma:
- 2 tsp oil
- 1 green chilli (finely chopped)
- 1 inch ginger (finely chopped)
- 3 tbsp onion (finely chopped)
- 3 tbsp carrot (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp corn
- ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
- ½ tsp garam masala
- 2 tbsp peas / matar
- ¼ tsp cumin powder
- ½ tsp chaat masala
- ½ tsp aamchur / dry mango powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup rava / semolina / sooji
- 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
other ingredients:
- ¼ cup corn flour
- ¼ tsp pepper (crushed)
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ cup water
- 7 cashew / kaju (whole)
- oil for deep frying
Instructions
- prepare the patties from upma and keep aside.
- now mix ¼ cup corn flour, ¼ tsp pepper, ¼ tsp salt and ¼ cup water and prepare a smooth flowing consistency batter.
- dip in corn flour batter covering both sides.
- then roll in bread crumbs on both the sides.
- place a whole cashew in centre and press gently.
- deep fry, shallow fry or pan fry the patties in hot oil. alternatively, preheat and bake at 180 degree celsius for 25 minutes.
- flip and fry both the sides on medium flame till it turns golden and crisp.
- finally, drain over kitchen paper to remove excess oil and serve rava cuttlet with tomato sauce.
Step-by-step
1
firstly, in a large kadai heat 2 tsp oil and saute 1 green chilli and 1 inch ginger.

2
also saute 3 tbsp onion for a minute.

3
additionally, saute 3 tbsp carrot, 2 tbsp corn and 2 tbsp peas. saute well.

4
further saute ¼ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp garam masala, ¼ tsp cumin powder, ½ tsp chaat masala, ½ tsp aamchur and ½ tsp salt.

5
now add 1 cup water and mix well.

6
get to vigorous boil and mix well.

7
keeping the flame on low start adding rava slowly, stirring continuously in another hand.

8
this helps to prevent from any lumps formation and rava absorbs water.

9
cover and simmer on low flame for 5 minutes or till upma is cooked well.

10
add in coriander leaves and mix well. allow the mixture to cool slightly.

11
further prepare the patties from upma and keep aside.

12
now mix ¼ cup corn flour, ¼ tsp pepper, ¼ tsp salt and ¼ cup water and prepare a smooth flowing consistency batter.

13
dip in corn flour batter covering both sides.

14
then roll in bread crumbs on both the sides.

15
place a whole cashew in centre and press gently.

16
deep fry, shallow fry or pan fry the patties in hot oil. alternatively, preheat and bake at 180 degree celsius for 25 minutes.

17
flip and fry both the sides on medium flame till it turns golden and crisp.

18
finally, drain over kitchen paper to remove excess oil and serve rava cuttlet with tomato sauce.

Video
Notes
- firstly, use roasted rava if you are scared of turning upma sticky.
- also, add vegetables of your choice to make it more nutritious.
- additionally, double coat bread crumbs for more crispy cutlet.
- finally, rava cuttlet recipe taste great when served hot and crispy.
Original recipe by Hebbar’s Kitchen: https://hebbarskitchen.com/rava-cutlet-recipe-suji-cutlet-recipe/