Rava Upma Recipe | Fluffy and Delicious Sooji Upma for Morning Tiffin

Rava Upma, also known as Sooji Upma, is a traditional South Indian breakfast dish made from roasted semolina, tempered with aromatic spices, and cooked to soft, fluffy perfection. It’s a simple, wholesome, and comforting meal that can be prepared in minutes, making it a staple in many Indian households. Flavored with mustard seeds, curry leaves, green chillies, and onions, Rava Upma offers a perfect balance of taste and texture. It can be enjoyed plain or enhanced with vegetables, ghee, or a squeeze of lemon for added freshness. Rava Upma is stuffed inside Pesarattu and is called Pesarattu Upma or Mapillai Pesarattu. Served hot with coconut chutney, sugar, or pickle, this humble dish is a timeless favorite that never fails to satisfy.

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Ingredients for making Rava Upma

Rava - 1 cups

A tbsp of Oil

A tbsp. of ghee

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp.

Urad dhal  - 1 tsp.

Green chillies - 2

Onions - 1

Tomato - 1

finely chopped ginger and garlic

A pinch of turmeric powder

A sprig of curry leaves

Method for making Rava Upma

1. Roast the rava in 2 tsps of oil in a kadai till it turns to light brown in colour. Transfer this to a bowl and keep aside.

2. Heat oil and ghee in the same kadai, splutter the mustard seeds, add the urad dal fry till brown. Add the sliced onions, curry leaves and saute till it becomes transparent.

3. Next add the ginger and garlic and then the chopped tomatoes and chillies, saute well in a medium flame.

4. Next add the fried rava and stir well.

5. Now add hot water to the content. For 1 cup of rava 3 cups of hot water is needed. Stir well and then close with a lid. Allow to cook in a medium flame for 5 minutes or till the rava gets cooked. 

Now the yummy rava upma is ready to be served with coconut chutney or Groundnut Chutney.