Description
This is a quick breakfast or tiffin item made with semolina and sauteed veggies.| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | Semolina (rava) |
| 1 no | Onion (finely chopped) |
| 2 nos | Green chilli (finely chopped) |
| 1 no | Carrot(chopped) |
| ¼ cup | Green peas |
| 1 no | Tomato (diced) |
| ¼ tsp | Mustard |
| ¼ tsp | Cumin seeds |
| 6 nos | Curry leaves |
| 2 stks | Coriander leaves (for garnishing) |
| 3 tsp | Oil |
| 1 tsp | Ghee |
| ¼ tsp | Salt (or to taste) |
| 3 cup | Water |
| 3 pinch | Turmeric powder |
Instructions
Take a wide kadai and slightly toast the rava with ghee until it turns light brown. Immediately remove from pan and keep aside. In the same pan heat oil and splutter mustard, cumin seeds and curry leaves. Then saute onions followed by tomatoes and veggies. Cook them covered over low flame for few minutes with turmeric and little salt. (The water content from tomatoes and salt along with the steam will cook them thoroughly.)
Note: Pre-cut frozen veggies cook really fast, if using
1.Fresh carrots trying chopping them into tiny pieces that way when covered, they cook within few minutes over low flame.
2. Fresh sweet green peas cooks fast but Indian green peas takes little longer and needs to be steamed separately.
Now add water and bring to a boil, slowly add the rava and keep stirring to avoid lumps. When the rava absorbs all water and thicken, taste for salt and garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot with choice of pickle or chutney.
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Gone through your recipe. Thanks a lot. The procedure is very similar to Rava Upma. Where does the difference lies between upma and Kichadi? Need your kind answer on this.
Rama,
Khichadi is usually made with lentils and cream of wheat whereas upma is typically with just cream of rice or wheat ( plus or minus veggies). Technically this one a rava upma but many restaurants and even in marriage ceremonies(only in the southern part of the country) this is served as khichadi and hence I have named it that way. Hope this clears your doubt, thanks.
Hi Mullai,
first of all I love your website and im surviving cooking for my husband and myself only becos of you… today makes 6 months since im married and i’ve been logging in everday without fail for the past 3 months.. got myself registered here a month ago
Reg this recipe,when you say ” Then saute onions followed by tomatoes and veggies. Cook them with turmeric and little salt” how do i cook the veggies by just frying them or should i pressure cook?
Regards,
Lavender
Lavender,
If you cover and cook for few minutes they will become tender and then when you add water and cook them again with rava they will be perfectly soft & firm. Only downside is sometimes if the veggies are cut bigger and if Indian green peas are used then it may take longer to cook. In that case you will have to steam them separately and add. (Pre-cut frozen carrot and sweet green peas will cook within seconds)Let me also include this note in my recipe. Hope this helps, thanks.
Thanks a lot…very good recipe
Mullai, This was one dish which came to perfection in the very first attempt.. Though one of the reasons could be because the dish is simple, I am sure it would not be possible without your simple & clear instructions and of course not to mention the magic of your receipes
Thank you and keep rocking!!!
Hi Mullai,
I have tried rava kichadi today and dish came out excellent. It is was simple and ready in 30 minutes.
Many thanks.
Hi
i tried ur most of the recipes
all r very nice
i will try this also
Hi Mullai,
I am searching for this recipe. Thanks a lot.
I will surely try this.
regards,
chikku
your recipes are really good…more over the fotos are excellent. good talent in cooking as well as photography. keep it up.
Nice compliment, but I'm still an amateur in both, Thanks !!
Looking all ur recipes and photos really i cant tell you that you r an amateur .good job .All ur recipes are simply superbbbbbbb………
2day I prepared this khichadi it came out very well
Hi Mullai..
Cud u post the recipe of the dry chutney southindians eat with idli… its a red color chutney.. i do not knw wts it called but i hv tasted couple of times when my southie friends used to bring it..
thnks..
I Tried this recipe .. It turned out pretty good..
ma’m u r just great.
Kaberi ji, I guess today you made Kichadi. Did you like it.
Hai Mullai,
please tell us more types of chutney for idli and dosa. Also prawn fry or prawn roast.
Thank u:))
For this rava kichadi, how to make sure we avoid lumps of rava while mixing with water.
Becoz everytime i add rava to water it forms lumps. is there any other way to get a good form..
One easy trick would be to add the rava just before the water starts to boil. This gives you some time to stir to rava to blend with water. Try and let me know.
Hi Priya,
To avoid lumps you try to add a bit of oil (may be 1 tsp to 1 cup of rava) while frying the rava. My mom told me this, and I tried.. and it works !!!
Try and see
Regards,
Vasumathi
Hi Vasumathi, thanks a lot for sharing this tip.
hi vasumathi,
Could u be from chennai? I once had a close friend by ur name nd am still searching for her.
Regards,
jayanthi