Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Upma Recipe | How to Make Sooji Upma - Canteen Style is a vegetarian karnataka breakfast made with rava / suji, oil, and mustard in about 15 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

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.