Homemade Instant Rava Upma Mix for Making Upma/ Rava Idli- Travel Food

Ingredients

• 3 cup Semolina / Sooji
• 1/4 cup Cashew Nuts / Kaju (chopped)
• 4 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch (chopped)
• 2 tbsp Ginger / Adrak (chopped)
• 20 Curry Leaves
• 1/2 cup Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya (chopped)
• 2.5 tsp Salt / Namak
• 1 tsp Citric Acid/nimbu phool/taatri (powdered)
• 6 Dried Red Chilli, Whole (broken into pieces)
• 8 tbsp Cooking Oil
• 2 tsp Mustard Seeds / Rai *
• 2 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
• 4 tsp Bengal gram /chana daal
• 4 tsp White Lentils / Urad ki dal (dhuli)
• 1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder (optional)

Instructions

1. 1

   Heat a pan and add chopped green chilies and curry leaves,ginger and saute on low heat for about 2-3 minutes. now add the chopped coriander and keep stirring for a minute

2. 2

   Remove from the pan and keep aside.

3. 3

   Heat oil in the and add the gram daal and urad daal and stir fry till they start changing colour.(or saute for few seconds)

4. 4

   Now add mustard seeds,cumin seeds ,broken cashew pieces and asafoetida.

5. 5

   When mustard start crackling then add the broken dried red chilies, roasted green chili,ginger ,coriander mix and stir for few seconds.

6. 6

   Now add semolina and saute on low flame for 5-7 minutes.keep stirring it.

7. 7

   Switch off the flame and add salt and citric acid and mix.

8. 8

   You can also add turmeric if you wish .

9. 9

   Let it cool down completely for 5-6 hours or best rest it overnight.

10. 10

    When it cool down completely then pack in ziplock baags or in an airtight container.

11. 11

    It stays well for 2 month at room temperature and for 5 months inside the refrigerator.