Masala Upma

1 cup Rava (suji)

Water –1 & 1/2cups

1 Onions

1 Tomato

Cooking oil – 1 table spoon

Mustard seeds – 1 tea spoon

Black gram dal – 2 tea spoons

Green chillies – 2-3 (as per ur taste)

Sambar powder – 1 tea spoon

Garam masala powder – 1/2 tea spoon

Sugar – 1 teaspoon

Curry leaves

Corriander and Boiled peanuts ( For sprinkling on top)

1.Roast 1 cup rava on a medium flame till you get a pleasant aroma and keep it aside. Do not roast it on a high flame to avoid it being burnt and becoming bitter.

2. Bring 1 1/2 cups of water to boil.

3. In a thick bottomed wide vessel, pour cooking oil along with mustard seeds and blackgram dal.

4. In a minute or so, add green chillies and curry leaves. Add cut onions and tomatoes to it. Add some salt so that onion will not get burnt. Stir for 2 minutes.

5. Add roasted Rava , sambar powder, garam masala powder and sugar and mix well.

6. Pour boiling water into the above mixture and heat at low flame for 3-4 minutes.

7. Close the pan with a lid and leave aside for 5 minutes.

8. Remove lid and decorate it with corriander leaves, boiled peanuts.

9. Serve warm with either potato chips or even Haldiram’s mixtures