Rava Upma

Ingredients :
1 cup rava/sooji
1 onion
1 tomato
1 carrot
1 green chili
1 inch ginger
3 tbsp green peas
1 tbsp turmeric powder
10 to 12 cashews
4 curry leaves
2.5 cuos of water
Oil or ghee
Coriander leaves
Salt

Method:

1. heat a pan or kadai first. add 1 cup rava. Begin to roast the rava. stir often while roasting the rava.The rava or sooji grains should become fragrant and start to look dry, separate and crisp. don't brown the rava. switch off the flame and then add the roasted rava in a plate and keep aside. I used roasted rava
2. In a pan, heat 2 tbsp ghee or oil. Add 1 tsp mustard seeds,when you hear the crackling sound of mustard seeds, it means they are getting fried. Then add cashews and curry leaves. Fry till golden colour.
   
3. now add the finely chopped onions,green peas,green chilly,carrot , ginger ,Turmeric powdettomato. saute the onions and tomato till they cooked.
   
4. then add 2.5 cups water to this mixture. add salt as required,on a medium to high flame, heat the water and let it come to a to a  boiling. when the water comes to a boil, lower the flame to its lowest.
   
5. Once you add the rava, stir immediately.mix well. the rava grains absorb water and thus swell and get cooked.
   
6. cover and allow the rava upma to steam for 2 minutes on the low flame.
7. then switch off the flame. here the rava is cooked and the upma is ready.lastly add about 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves. stir well.serve upma with coconut chutney or lime slices or lime pickle.