Tomato Upma Recipe

Time and servings

Prep time	10 min
Cook time	15 min
Total time	25 min
Serves	3 servings

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Ingredients

• 1 cup rava / semolina / sooji
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp mustard / rai
• ½ tsp urad dal
• few curry leaves
• 3 tbsp peanuts
• ½ onion (finely chopped)
• 1 inch ginger (finely chopped)
• 2 green chilli (finely chopped)
• 2 to mato (finely chopped)
• ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
• 2 tbsp peas / matar
• 2 beans (finely chopped)
• ¾ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp sugar
• 3 cup water
• 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter

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Instructions

1. firstly, in a large kadai heat 2 tbsp oil and splutter 1 tsp mustard, ½ tsp urad dal and few curry leaves.
2. also roast 3 tbsp peanuts till they turn crunchy.
3. now add ½ onion, 1 inch ginger, 2 green chilli and saute well.
4. furthermore add 2 tomato and saute till they turn soft and mushy.
5. now add vegetables like 2 tbsp peas and 2 beans. saute till the vegetables get cooked well completely.
6. add in ¼ tsp turmeric, ¾ tsp salt and ¼ tsp sugar. saute on low flame for a minute.
7. pour 3 cup water and add 1 tbsp ghee.
8. get to vigorous boil and mix well.
9. keeping the flame on low start adding roasted rava slowly, stirring continuously in another hand.
10. cover and simmer on low flame for 3-5 minutes or till tomato upma is cooked well.
11. finally, serve tomato rava upma / uppittu with coconut chutney, rava kesari or plain.

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Step-by-step

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Notes

• firstly, use ripened tomato for more rich flavour.
• also add vangi bath masala powder along with turmeric for variation.
• additionally, adding ghee makes upma more soft and moist.
• finally, tomato rava upma taste great when served hot.