Samba Rava Upma / Broken Wheat Upma
Samba rava / Gothuma rava upma is a nourishing, easy to make and a wholesome breakfast. The nutritional content can be increased by adding additional veggies.
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 tbsp oil
- ¼ tsp mustard seeds
- ¼ tsp split urad dal
- ¼ tsp chana dal
- 1 sprig of curry leaves
- 1 small onion
- 2 green chillies
- 1 small tomato
- 1 cup samba rava / broken wheat
- 3 ¼ cups water
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds crackle, add chana dal and split urad dal.
- Add finely chopped onions, slit green chillies and curry leaves. Saute till onions are browned.
- Add chopped tomatoes. Cook till tomatoes turn mushy.
- Add the samba rava / broken wheat and saute in low flame till the rava is roasted. It might take 1 to 2 minutes. Do not burn the rava.
- Add water little by little. Keep stirring while adding water so that no lumps are formed.
- Once water comes to a boil close the pan and simmer till all the water is absorbed.
- Switch off the stove and leave it undisturbed for 10 minutes so that rava swells and becomes fluffy.
- Serve hot or warm with coconut chutney / curd / sugar / sambar.
Notes
- You can even make this upma in a pressure cooker. Cook it for 2 whistles on a medium flame and let the pressure release naturally.
- Add vegetables like carrot, green peas, cabbage to make vegetable dalia upma.
- You can even dry roast the rava separately and use it.