Basic Upma. Basic Upma

You can cook Basic Upma using 15 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Basic Upma
  1. Prepare 1 tbsp of chopped ginger.
  2. It’s 1 cup of rava.
  3. It’s 1/2 of medium sized onion.
  4. You need 1 of green chilli chopped.
  5. You need 1 tbsp of ghee.
  6. It’s 3 tbsp of oil.
  7. Prepare 3/4 tsp of mustard seeds.
  8. You need 1 tsp of urad daal.
  9. Prepare 1 tsp of chana daal.
  10. Prepare 10-12 of curry leaves.
  11. Prepare 5 of cashew nuts.
  12. Prepare 5 of peanuts.
  13. You need 3 1/2 of cup water.
  14. You need 1/2 tsp of sugar.
  15. It’s to taste of salt.
Basic Upma step by step
  1. Turn on the flame. Add ghee & then rava. Roast it in low flame. Keep stirring it for 5-6min. Don't let it turn brown. Don't cook it for more than 5-6min..

  2. Keep the roasted rava in a plate aside. Then heat oil in the same wok..

  3. Add mustard seeds,urad & chana daal..

  4. When the daal turns a little brown in colour, add ginger & green chilli. Saute it for 5sec..

  5. Add curry leaves & onion. Saute it for 10sec..

  6. Add cashew nuts & peanuts..

  7. Then add water. Let it boil till you get the aroma of nuts,chillies & ginger..

  8. Slowly, add the rava and keep stirring it while adding it to the wok. Or else, it will get lumps & the whole recipe is spoiled. So, keep stirring the rava while adding it slowly to the water mixture..

  9. In low flame, let it cook. Cover it with a lid. It's ready within a min..

  10. Serve it hot with pickle or chutney..