Veg Upma

(for 5 persons)

Rawa – 2 cups

Cabbage (½” cubes) – ½ cup

Beans (½” cubes) – ¾ cup

Carrot (½” cubes) – ½ cup

Green Peas (thawed to room temp) – ½ kg

Oil – ½ cup

Mustard seeds –1½ tsp

Urad Dal – 3 TBS

Chana Dal – 3 TBS

Red chili (Dry) – 2 Nos (big)

Green Chili (washed & chopped) – 2 TBS

Curry leaves (washed) – 1/3 cup

Coriander leaves (washed & chopped) – 1 cup

Lime juice – 1 cup

Salt – 5 tsp

Ghee (Optional) – 3 TBS

Yield – 2½ liter

Wash and cut all vegetables as per the instructions in the ingredients list. Dry Roast the Rawa and keep it separately.

Boil the water.
Heat oil in a thick bottom pot. Add mustard seeds, chana dal and urad dal one after other. Roast for a while.
Add curry leaves, green chili and roast together. Then add the vegetables and cook for a while.
Add hot water and salt. Cover the vessel and boil. Cook till the vegetables are softened.
Now Add Rawa slowly while stirring constantly. Slow down the flame and cook covered for 15 to 20 minutes over low flame.
Switch off the flame. Uncover after 2 minutes.
Add lemon juice, ghee and coriander leaves and stir thoroughly.

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