Za Recipes

Broken wheat rava (nicely broken) 2 cups

onion minced - 1 cup

green chillies-6

Frozen vegetables or fresh carrot,beans and peas - 1/2 cup (optional)

grated cocunut-1 table spoon (optional)

Mustard seeds-1 teaspoon

channa dhal-1 table spoon

curry leaf-little

keep the pressure cooker in the stove.In two table spoons of oil season the uppuma with the items given in to season.Saute the onions and green chillies for 2 minutes.Now add the rava also and saute for a minute in medium fire.Add 4 cups of water.1:2 is the ratio of water to rava.Immediately add the salt needed. Remember that after cooking it will be like 2 cups of rice cooked.So add the salt necessary for that quantity. Close the cooker.make sure that the stove is in low fire. Switch off the stove after 10 minutes.Wait for the pressure to be released.if you are sure that the bottom is not burnt ,add the frozen vegetable (cooked for 3 minutes in water) or the fresh vegetables cooked well now. Mix everything nicely. If you feel that the bottom is burnt mix in such a way that you dont reach the burnt part. Add the grated coconut also along with the vegetables.If the fire is low the bottom will never get burnt.Vegetables and coconut is optional.The uppuma will be very tasty without these also.