Rava Kichadi

Rava kichadi is an easy and tasty recipe for evening tiffin. It goes well with coconut chutney and sambar.

INGREDIENTS:

Rava - 1 cup

Water - 3 cups

Mixed vegetables - 1 cup( Carrot,beans,peas diced finely)

Onion- 1/4 cup(chopped finely)

Tomato-1/2(Diced finely)

Red or green chilli - 1 

Ginger - 1 teaspoon 

Cinnamon - as required

Clove - as required

Cashews - 10 no.s( Diced finely)

Coriander - for garnishing.

SEASONING:

Mustard - 1 teaspoon

Urad daal- 1 teaspoon

Channa daal - 1 teaspoon

Ghee -3tablespoon

Oil-2 tablespoon

Ghee - 1 teaspoon for roasting rava. 

METHOD:

1. Cut tomato, onion finely. prepare all the ingredients and set ready.

2. Add a teaspoon of ghee, and roast rava till you get a nice flavor.

3. Add 2 tablespoon of ghee and 2 tablespoon of oil , add cashews, cinnamon, cloves,mustard,channa daal and urad daal .Fry till golden brown.

4. Add onion now and fry for 2-3 minutes.

5. Now add ginger and red chilli and fry for another 2 minutes.

6. Now add the diced mixed vegetables. Add 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder and mix well.Fry for 5 minutes, till the vegetables gets soft.

7. Now add diced tomatoes and fry for another 2 minutes, till the tomatoes gets soft.

8. Add 3 cups of water now and allow it to boil. Add the required salt.

9. Now add rava little by little in one hand and with other hand , keep stirring contiguously, so that it doesn't form any lumps. When it becomes semisolid, add a tablespoon of ghee and mix well and cover the lid and keep in full sim for 6-7 minutes.

10. After 6-7 minutes, simply switch off the flame. Garnish with fresh corriander leaves... kichadi is ready !.. It goes well with coconut corriander chutney and sambar.