Vegetable Rava Bath

Preparation time : 15 minutes

Cooking time : 20 minutes

Servings : 5

Ingredients :

           
1. Rava (semolina) - 2 cups.

2. Potatoes (medium sized) - 2 (cut into small pieces)

3.Carrots (medium sized) - 2 (cut into small pieces)

4. Fresh green peas - 1/2 cup

5. Onions - 2 (sliced)

6. Tomatoes - 2 (chopped)

7. Finely chopped ginger - 1 tsp

8. Finely chopped garlic - 1 tsp

9. Cinnamon stick - 1

10. Cloves - 2 or 3

11. Green chillies (slit) - 4

12. Curry leaves - 2 sprigs

13. Oil for seasoning - 3 tbsp

14. Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp

15. Water - 5 cups

16. Salt - to taste


Method :

1. Heat a pan on medium flame, add rava and keep stirring till it becomes slightly light brown in colour. Transfer it into a container and cool.

2. Heat the pan once again and add oil. When oil becomes hot, add cinnamon and cloves and sauté for a few seconds.

3. Add chopped onions, green chillies and curry leaves and sauté.

4. Then add chopped ginger, garlic, turmeric powder and tomatoes one after the other and sauté for about 2 minutes.

5. Add veggies such as potatoes, carrots and green peas and sauté for a while.

6. Add enough salt for the vegetables and sprinkle little water and cover the pan with a lid.

7. Cook the vegetables on low flame till they are half done.

8. Then open the lid, and add 5 cups of water.

9. When water starts boiling, start adding rava slowly stirring simultaneously with a ladle to avoid lump formation. Add enough salt.

10. After adding water, once again cover the pan with lid and cook on slow flame till rava and vegetables are fully cooked.

11. Give rava bath mixture a swirl with a ladle before transfering into a serving bowl.

12. Garnish with curry leaves and serve hot with coconut chutney.