RAVA KICHADI (VEGETABLE SEMOLINA KICHDI)-1

          A very simple and easy to prepare dish..Also equally tasty…In southindia kichdi is mostly prepared at special occasions or when guests come to home.

INGREDIENTS

Semolina/rava-1cup

Onion-1 small

Chopped  Beans-1 tablespoon

Chopped  Carrot-1 tablespoon

Chilly-2 chopped

Chopped cauliflower-1 tablespoon-optional

Fresh peas- 1 tablespoon

Crushed– garlic -1 teaspoon

Turmeric powder-1/4 teaspoon

Salt – to taste

Ghee/oil/vanaspathi-3 tablespoon

Coriander leaves-few

For seasoning

Cinnamon-2

Clove-2

Brinji leaf-1

Elaichi-1

PREPARATION

    In a pan boil 2 cups of hot water to add in rava. In another pan  Pour  ghee  and add items in seasoning.after it splutters add crushed garlic sauté  well.Now add chopped vegetables and little salt, chillies and sauté well.add little water if required to boil the vegetables.Once vegetables are  boiled and water is dries,Now add rava,salt required,turmeric powder   and sauté it in low flame.Oncerava turns hot and you get aroma of rava  add 2 cups of hot water stir and close  the pan for five minutes.  Add 1 tablespoon vanaspathi before turning off the stove.delicious kichdadi is ready.

Tips

While  adding hot water to rava add little by little and stir it continuously to avoid lumps.

Add vanaspathi/dalda for   smooth  texture at the end.