Wheat Rava Upma

For sugar patients and health conscious persons this is a very good breakfast as well as  dinner. Of many types of upma one is wheat rava upma. Whatever colour or size it is ok .

Ingredients:

- wheat rava                1 cup
- potato                        1 small
- onion                         1 big
- carrot                         1 small
- chillies                       2
-peas(fresh/soak)(opt)  1/4cup
- 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. 
-ready to eat.

Tips:

- you can eat it plainly or with kara poddi or coconut chutney or pickle.
- some people think wheat makes body heat and avoid it. If so you can take wheat rava and rice rava     in 1:1 ratio.