Capsicum Upma/Uppittu

Upma/Uppittu is easy to prepare. Usually I have seen people making it sticky.Making a tasty upma depends on the rava you choose. You should always choose bansi/ upma rava and should heat it slightly before cooking. Heating makes the rava little crispy which adds to the taste. I have put the recipe for capsicum upma.If you like vegetables then you can add all the vegetables like aloo,carrot,cabbage,peas and make vegetable upma also.

Ingredients

Rava [ Upma rava/Bansi rava] - 1 cup.

Oil - 5-6 tbsp

Turmeric Powder – 1 tbsp

Mustard – 1 spoon

Curry leaves – 8-10

Coriander leaves – ½ cup finely chopped

Tomato – 1

Onions -2

Capsicum – 1 [finely chopped]

Peas – ½ cup [optional]

Cabbage – ½ cup finely chopped [optional]

Potatoes – ½ cup finely chopped [optional]

Salt

Water – 1:3 ratio

Initially heat the rava in a pan and keep it aside.

Chop the potatoes in to small pieces and boil for 5 min with a pinch of salt.

In a pan,heat oil add turmeric powder,mustard,curry leaves.when the mustard starts to splutter add onions,tomatoes ,capsicum and semi boiled potatoes. Fry all. Make sure that capsicums are turned slightly golden brown in colour.Now add required amount of water and salt.When the water begins to boil,add rava.Lower the flame and allow it to cook slowly.Add chopped corianders and 2-3 tbsp of grated coconut for taste. Easy to prepare and a good breakfast.