Easy Upma Recipe | How to Make Sooji Upma - Canteen Style

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 10 minutes
  • Total time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 3 Servings
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Cuisine: karnataka

Ingredients

  • 1 cup rava / suji (coarse)
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp mustard
  • ½ tsp cumin
  • ½ tsp chana dal
  • ½ tsp urad dal
  • pinch hing
  • 2 chilli (finely chopped)
  • 1 inch ginger (finely chopped)
  • few curry leaves
  • 1 onion (finely chopped)
  • 2½ cup water
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp ghee
  • 2 tbsp coriander (chopped)
  • ½ lemon

Method

  1. Firstly, dry roast 1 cup rava on a low flame till the rava turns aromatic. Keep aside.
  2. In a large kadai, heat 2 tbsp oil. Add 1 tsp mustard, ½ tsp cumin, ½ tsp chana dal, ½ tsp urad dal, pinch hing, 2 chilli, 1 inch ginger and few curry leaves. Splutter the tempering.
  3. Also, add 1 onion and saute till the onions soften.
  4. Now add 2½ cup water, ½ cup milk and mix well. Get to a boil.
  5. Once the water comes to a boil, add 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar and mix well.
  6. Add in roasted rava, stirring continuously to ensure there are no lumps.
  7. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
  8. Add 1 tsp of ghee, 2 tbsp of coriander, and ½ lemon, and mix well.
  9. Finally, enjoy Rava Upma Recipe with chutney.

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.