Simple Upma

Preparation time : 20 min
Serves: 2

Ingredients:

• Rava/Semolina - 1 cup
• oil - 5 sp
• Mustard seed - 1/4 sp
• Urad Dal - 1/2 sp
• Channa dal - 1/2 sp
• Curry leaves - 10 leaves
• Tomato - 1
• green chili - 5
• cashews - 10
• onion - 2 medium
• Ghee - 3sp
• Grated coconut - 1 small bowl
• water - 2-3 cup
• fresh coriander leaves  chopped.

Method:

• Dry fry a cup of Rava/Semolina in a thick bottom pan, dry fry until you get a nice aroma (to light brown color). keep it aside.
• Take 2- 3 cup of water in a Saucepan and bring it to boil.
• Meanwhile heat 5 sp of Oil in a pan, add Mustard seeds, allow them to splutter.
• Add Urad Dal, Channa Dal, Cashews and fry until they all turn light brown with medium/low flame.
• Add Curry Leaves and slit Green Chilies, fry for a minute.
• Add finely chopped Onions and fry until they turn transparent. 
• Add sliced Tomato and fry until its soft(PS: you can also avoid tomato and add 2-3 sp lime juice instead)
• Add the boiling water to the pan.
• Add Salt to taste
• Add fried Rava/Semolina with quick stirr as not to allow them to form lump.
• Cook  for a minute on low flame with lid. 
• Add a small bowl of fresh grated Coconut and finely chopped Coriander leaves/Cilantro.
• Add 3sp Ghee and serve hot.

PS: Instead of Urad dal and Channa dal you can even use Green peas or Hasi togari kaalu or Avare kalu