Rava Kichadi

Ingredients:

• White Rava - 2 Cups
• Onion - 1 (chopped lengthwise)
• Green chilli - 5 (chopped)
• Garlic - 2 (finely chopped)
• Ginger - 1 small piece (finely chopped)
• Carrot - 1 Nos (cut into small pieces)
• Tomato  - 1 Nos (Chopped finely)
• Peas - 1/2 cup
• Few curry leaves
• Few coriander leaves
• Cinnamon - 1 nos
• Cloves - 2 nos
• Cardamom - 2 nos
• Cashew nuts - 10 nos
• Ghee  - 4 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Oil - 3 tsp
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Water - 5 cups
• Salt as per your requirement

Preparation:

• Heat 1 table spoon of ghee in a pan, fry the cashew nuts in a low flame till it turns golden brown color and keep them aside
• Add another table spoon of ghee in the same pan and fry the white rava in a medium flame until the smell of rava leaves and keep them aside
• In the same pan put 3 table spoon of oil and add mustard seeds, When it pops up, add cloves, cinnamon stick, cardamom and fry for a minute
• Then add chopped onions, green chillies, curry leaves and fry for few minutes. Add chopped ginger & garlic.
• Now add carrot, green peas, tomato and fry nicely. Add 5 cups of water
• Add required amount of salt, a pinch of turmeric powder and bring to boil
• When the water is boiling, reduce the flame and add the rava slowly, stir quickly to avoid the lumps.
• Cook on low flame till the rava becomes soft and it absorbs water. Now add 2 table spoon of ghee, and mix them well
• Take the pan out of the stove and garnish with fried cashew nuts & corinadar leaves
• Now the Hot Rava Kichadi is ready to serve.
• You can serve the Rava kichadi with Coconut chutney or Sambar