Jonna (Jawar) Upma

As jawar is very good for health, particularly for  sugar patients and health conscious persons this is a very healthy breakfast as well as  dinner. Of many types of upma one is jawar  rava upma. Whatever colour or size,  it is ok .

Ingredients:

- jawar  rava                1 cup
- potato                        1 small
- onion                         1 big
- carrot                         1 small(opt)
- chillies                       2
-peas(fresh/soak)          1/4cup (opt)
- salt
- turmeric powder
- water

TEMPERING

- 1 tbsp oil
- few peanuts
- cashew nuts(opt)
- 1 tsp channa dal
- 1 tsp split urad dal
- 1 red chilli (optional)
- 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/4 tsp jeera
- 3 curry leaf

PROCEDURE

- chopp onion, cut other vegetables into small pieces and keep them aside separately.
-take oil in a deep pan (khadai)/ 2ltr pressure pan and heat it. Add  peanuts, cashew, channa dal, urad dal, mustard seeds, jeera, red chilli one by one. Fry them till the urad dal turns into light yellow colour. Now add curryleaf,  Add cut chillies and fry till they turn into pale.  Add turmeric powder.
-  add  onions,potatoes, carrot and peas oneafter another leaving little time to saute.Add salt.
-now add 2cups of water and boil on high flame.
- when boilig check the water taste. If the water is not salty add little more. Lower the flame and add rava slowly  with continuous stirring. Now put the lid and whistle and let it cook for 5min on low flame. 
-turn off the flame and wait for 5 more min. 
- you can season it with coriander leaves.
-ready to eat.

Tips:

- you can eat it plainly or with kara poddi or coconut chutney or pickle.
- jawar upma is little bit gummy. So I prefer wheat rava and jawar rava 1:1.