Rava Kichidi

Its a simple but delicious recipe. In Tamilnadu,  smaller functions will have this dish for sure. Even a novice at kitchen can do it with ease. If you are diet conscious, its a good option. Nowadays I have started adding veggies in almost all things i prepare . Its reduces your intake of food at the same time provides you more intake of veggies. 

Coming to the recipe

Ingredients

Sooji/Rava - 2 cups

Cut Vegetables - 1 1/2 cups (I used carrot, beans, cauliflower, green peas, potato)

Onion - 2 big

Green Chillies - 5

Red Chillies - 2 

Ginger - 1/5 tsp finely chopped

Curry Leaves and Coriander Leaves

Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste 

Ghee - 1 tsp

For Seasoning

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dhal broken - 1 tsp

Bengal Gram dhal - 1 tsp

Aesfoetida - 1 pinch

Method:

Roast the rava, till the aroma of roasted rava fills in air. 

Cut all the vegetables, onion and chillies. 

In the kadai, heat 1 tbsp of cooking oil and add the seasoning items. 

Then add the onion, chillies and curry leaves. Saute till translucent.

Add the veggies and saute till they become soft. 

Add 4 cups of water and close with a lid. 

When the water starts boiling, add the roasted rava and mix well without making any lumps. 

Smear 1 tsp of ghee and close with a lid. Cook in a lower flame for 5 more minutes. 

Delicious kichidi is ready, garnish it with coriander leaves and serve hot with Coconut chutney. 

Variation- 

Few people add 1 cinnamon stick and a clove while seasoning and a thick coconut paste while adding water. It also will be good, as I don't like masala much, I opted this way. 

If you want it little tangy, you can even add a tomato. 

I am sending this to the 15 minutes cooking event conducted by Mahimaa and also the WYF-Quick Meal event conducted by EC.

This also enters the FIC Favourite hosted by curry leaf, originated by Sunshinemom.