Rava kichadi | Semolina (Sooji or suji) Khichdi

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, South India | Cooking Time: 5 to 8 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Type: Breakfast, dinner | Take With: Chips, pickles, chutney

Ingredients

• White rava [Semolina] – 1 cup
• Tomato – 1 [chopped]
• Onion- 1 [sliced]
• Ginger – 1 tbsp [finely chopped]
• Green chilli – 1 [slit]
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Coriander leaves – 2 springs [chopped]
• Coconut- 1 tbsp [thinly sliced or grated]
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Bengal gram – 1 tbsp
• Urad dal – 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Water as needed[Aprx.2 cups]

Method

• Dry roast rava.
• Heat oil in a pan then add mustard seeds & let it splutter. Then add Bengal gram and urad dal.
• Add onion sauté till soft then add ginger & coconut sauté. Then add green chilli, curry leaves, turmeric powder & tomato sauté till soft.
• Add water and salt mix well & let it boil. Then add dry roasted rava mix well & cover it, cook for 2 min.
• Then cut off heat & leave it for 3 min. Sprinkle coriander leaves & serve hot with chutney.