Rava Kichadi

Rava kichadi is a famous South Indian breakfast made with Onion, Tomato, mixed vegetables and spices.  This is a good change from the normal rava upma. It's healthy too, as it contains mixture of vegetables. With little lavish pouring of ghee towards the end, gives this kichadi a very flavorful taste.

Ingredients:

Rava (Sooji) - 2 Cups
Onion (chopped) - 2
Tomato (chopped) - 2
Chopped Vegetables - 1 Cup (Potato, Carrot, Beans, Cauliflower, Peas)
Turmeric powder - 3/4 tsp
G. chillies - 3
Ginger pieces (chopped) - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 tsp
Ghee - 3 to 4 tsp
Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp
Seasoning Ingredients: Oil - 2 tsp, Fennel seeds - 1tsp

Method:

1. In a kadai/non-stick pan, heat oil and add fennel seeds, when it becomes hot, add the ginger-garlic paste. When it becomes slightly hot,  add chopped g.chillies and ginger pieces and saute until it gets fried. (I forgot to add g.chillies and ginger pieces, so fried them separately and added).

2. Add chopped onions and saute for 2 to 3 mins.

3. Add mixed vegetables and fry for few minutes. 

4. Add chopped tomatoes and fry until tomatoes get cooked well and mushy. Add turmeric powder now.

5.Sprinkle little water and cook closed, until vegetables are 70% cooked.

6. Open the lid and add 4 cups of water and required salt and allow the water to boil. At this time, vegetables gets cooked little more. 

7. Now pour the rava little by little into the water and mix well, keep stirring to avoid any lumps. The kichadi will start thickening and all the water gets absorbed by rava and comes to an upma consistency. At this juncture, add ghee on top and give a mix and remove.

A tasty rava kichadi is ready!!