Cookery
Semolina (Sooji) Khichdi Recipe : Rava Khichdi
Rava Kichadi Recipe is a famous South Indian Breakfast made with Rava, Onion, Tomato and Spices. You can make it more flavorful by adding some Ghee.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup Rava (Suji/Sooji/Semolina)
- 2 green chilies
- 1 onion
- 1 tomato
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seedes
- 1/4 teaspoon urad dal
- 1/4 teaspoon chana dal
- 1/2 tablespoon carrot, chopped
- 1 tablespoon green peas
- Few curry leaves
- Few cashew nuts, blanched
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ghee (optional)
- 2 teaspoon cooking oil
- Salt to taste
- 3 cups water
Instructions:
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- Roast the rava in a pan on low flame and keep stirring so that rava should not change its color. We just want to remove out the raw flavor of it. Keep it aside.
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- Chop the onions, green chilies, tomato and carrots finely, also blanch the cashew nuts and keep aside.
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- Heat 2 teaspoon oil in a pan and add 1/4 tsp urad dal, 1/4 tsp chana dal and 1/2 tsp mustard seeds. Saute for a few seconds and then add curry leaves, 2 chopped green chilies and few blanched cashew nuts. Cook the mixture on very low flame and roast till dals turn golden brown.
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- Now mix in chopped onion and cook till it becomes little soft. Add chopped tomato, 1/2 tbsp carrot and 1 tbsp green peas.
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- Mix in 1/2 tsp turmeric powder and salt to taste.
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- Saute vegetables for a couple of minutes and then add 3 cups water into it. Let the water boil nicely.
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- Once the water starts boiling, keep the flame low and add the roasted rava to this. Mix it evenly without any lumps.
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- Keep the flame low in throughout the cooking and cook for 5-6 minutes till rava gets completely cooked. Finally add 1/4 tsp ghee and mix well.
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- Cook for one more minute. Rava becomes moist after adding ghee.Serve it hot.
