south indian rava kichadi recipe /sooji/semolina kichidi
Ingredients
- Rava/sooji/semolina - 1 cup
- Chopped onions - 2 medium onions finely
- Chopped tomatoes - 2 tomatoes finely
- Ginger grated - 1/2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Green chillies - 2 chopped
- Cashews - some
- Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
- Oil - 1 tbsp
- Ghee - 2-3 tbsp to add finely
- Black gram and bengal gram dal - 1/2+1/2 tbsp
- Mustard seeds - 1/2 tbsp
- Some curry leaves
- Fresh green peas - 1/4 cup
- Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp
- 3 cups water
Instructions
- Keep ready with all the ingredients.
- Keep a kadai add oil and when it heats up add mustard to splutter.
- Then add dals,curry leaves,green chillies and cashews.
- Let it change colour,add grated ginger too along with it.
- Inbetween boil water in a pan,let it come to rolling boil.
- Add onions and saute till transparent.
- Add tomatoes and turmeric powder required salt for kichadi as a whole.
- Add peas to it sprinkle little water close for 1 minute.
- Open lid add rava and mix well.
- To this add boiling water and stir well.
- Now sim the flame.
- Check for salt if necessary add it.
- Close the lid and leave it for 4-5 minutes.
- Open add lemon juice mix well.
- Switch off add ghee and serve hot with coconut chutney.
Notes
Adding cashew-nuts is optional.
No need to roast rava before adding as it is already roasted.
No need to roast rava before adding as it is already roasted.