Rava uttapam is a quick and easy breakfast made with rava (sooji), lemon juice, vegetables, green chillies and a leavening ingredient like baking soda or fruit salt (eno). These instant suji uttapam can be made plain or topped with vegetables like onions, tomatoes or mixed grated veggies like carrots or beets.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 30 minutes
  • Cook time: 15 minutes
  • Total time: 45 minutes
  • Yield: 2
  • Category: Snacks
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • ½ cup fine variety of rava ((sooji or semolina) or 100 grams (rava is not roasted))
  • ½ cup water
  • 3 teaspoon lemon juice
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda (or ⅛ teaspoon eno or fruit salt)
  • salt as per taste
  • oil (or ghee for greasing the pan and drizzling)
  • 1 small onion (- chopped or 5 to 6 pearl onions, thinly sliced)
  • 1 small tomato (- chopped)
  • 1 green chili (- finely chopped)

Method

Preparation

  1. Mix the rava and water in a bowl.
  2. Keep the batter to rest for 20 to 30 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile when the batter is resting, you can slice or chop the onions, tomatoes and green chilies. You can even add grated beets, grated carrots and sliced capsicum (bell pepper). For herbs you can add chopped fresh coriander leaves (cilantro), mint and finely chopped ginger.
  4. Mix the chopped veggies and keep aside.
  5. After 20 to 30 minutes, stir the batter again.
  6. Then add 3 tsp lemon juice, salt and ¼ tsp baking soda or ⅛ tsp eno (fruit salt).
  7. Stir and mix very well.

Making instant mix vegetable rava uttapam

  1. Heat a tawa or griddle and spread some oil. You can also use a non stick pan.
  2. Take the batter in a large serving spoon.
  3. Pour the batter and spread it gently. Don't spread too much.
  4. When the batter is still raw from the top, add the onions-tomatoes-green chilies mix.
  5. Gently press the onions-tomatoes with the spatula, so that they stick to the batter.
  6. Drizzle some oil on the sides and the top.
  7. When the base is cooked and lightly browned, flip them gently.
  8. Cook till the onions and tomatoes are light golden or golden.
  9. Flip and serve mix veg uttapam hot. If you want you can flip a couple of times too for even cooking.
  10. For making instant plain suji uttapam, cook without any veggie toppings.
  11. Serve with coconut chutney or coriander chutney. They also go well with tomato ketchup.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.