When the husband heard about this week’s theme and my first two dishes, he was pretty upset. He felt that by documenting those elaborate breakfasts alone, I was not being completely honest. Though I do make elaborate breakfasts for the weekend, it is not quite as often as he would like it to be. So, in the interest of transparency and honesty is this breakfast which also makes a regular appearance during weekend. I make this when we plan a lunch out. I make enough so that this doubles up as dinner too and I have that rare break from the kitchen.

The husband loves rava upma but I am not a huge fan because it is not so healthy. I came across this post on bansi rava upma and it fit with what we both wanted. So I modified it significantly to suit the husband’s taste and now we are all happy. Bansi rava is hugely popular in Karnataka and easily available across all stores. From what I understand, bansi rava is brown and coarser as compared to sooji which is white and very fine but it is not as coarse as semba rava / daliya. The nice part of making this upma is that we can roast the bansi rava along with the vegetables in the pan before adding hot water.

Serves 3

WHAT WE NEED

Bansi Rava                                  1 cup

Onion, medium                         1

Green peas, shelled                  1/3 cup

Oil                                                2-3 tsp

Mustard seeds                           1 tsp

Curry leaves                              2 sprigs

Green chillies                            1-2

Chana dal                                   2 tsp

Urad dal                                      1 tsp

Ginger                                         1″

Grated coconut (optional)       2 tbsp

Water                                           3 cups

Salt

 

WHAT TO DO

• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds
• Once the mustard seeds splutter, add the chana dal and urad dal
• Once the dal starts browning, add the chopped curry leaves, green chillies and grated ginger
• Then add the onions and fry till they turn translucent
• In another vessel, boil the water
• Then add the peas and fry for 2-3 minutes
• Add the bansi rava and fry for 5-6 minutes
• Once the water comes to a rolling boil, add it to the pan and mix it with the rava
• Add salt and stir the mixture well
• Simmer and close the pan for 1-2 minutes
• Open it and stir it frequently till it absorbs all the water, for 2-3 minutes
• Add the grated coconut and mix well
• Serve hot with pickle or chutney of your choice
• Enjoy!

I usually add coconut oil for this upma and it adds a lovely flavor.

This is my post for the Blogging Marathon under the theme, ‘Weekend Breakfast’.

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