Instant Upma

Ingredients

1 cup          Rawa

1                Onion

2-3            Green Chillies

7-8            Curry leaves

1 tsp          Rai

1 tsp          Jeera

1 tsp          Urad dal (optional)

2 tsp          Oil

1 cup         Finely cut vegetables  (peas, boiled corn, carrots, capsicum, french beans)

Method

Lightly dry roast the rawa for few minutes on low heat

Heat oil add rai, jeera, udad dal, curry leaves and slit green chillies.Add finely cut onion and all vegetables. Add salt and fry for 5 minutes on medium heat.

Add 2 cups of water and let it come to boil, gradually add roasted rawa and keep stirring to avoid lumps.

Keep stirring for few minutes still the water get evaporated and it becomes dry.

Garnish it with lime juice and coriander leaves.

Quick tips

1. Rawa should always be stored in an air tight container after roasting it lightly to avoid getting spoilt.

2. Above recipe can be made without any veggies too but then its nutritional value will go down

Nutritional value

Each serving has about 250 calories. Adding mixed vegetables enhances its nutritional value as it is good source of Riboflavin, dietary fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin K and Manganese.