Wheat Rava Upma - Samba Ravai Upma mixed with Veggies - Healthy Breakfast & Dinner Recipe - Diabetic Recipe

Wheat Rava Upma is one of the delicious and healthy breakfast and Dinner recipe. This one pot dish is so easy to make and is full of fibre and is best suited for people with diabetes. Here in this recipe I have added mixed vegetables and so it is more nutritious and the colour and flavour of the upma attracts even the kids. Try this yummy easy wheat rava upma and enjoy with your family.

Ingredients for making Wheat Rava Upma

Wheat rava/ Samba rava/ Godhuma rava - 1 cup
Water - 3.5 cups
Salt - as needed
Mixed vegetables - 1/2 cup ( Carrot, peas, beans)
Onion -  2 no.
Tomato -1 no.
Ginger - 1 inch
Green chillies - 2 nos.

To temper

Cooking oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 2 tsp
Chana dal - 1 tbsp
Cashewnuts - 10 nos.
A sprig of Curry leaves

Method for making Wheat Rava Upma

1. Wash the veggies and chop them into fine pieces. Chop the onions, tomato and ginger. Slit the green   chillies. 
2. Heat oil in a kadai. Splutter the mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal, cashews and curry leaves. 
3. Saute the onions till it becomes transparent then add tomatoes, ginger, green chillies and finely chopped  vegetables. Mix well. 
   
4. Add water and the required amount of salt. Close with a lid leave for 5 minutes so that the veggies are soft. Then add the samba rava. 
   
   
   
5. Mix well and close with a lid. Allow this to stand for 10 minutes in a low medium flame.
6. You can add little more water if needed just looking at the consistency. 

Serve this wheat rava upma with coconut chutney or sambar.

Note: This can be done in a pressure cooker but doing this in an open vessel gives more taste and aroma. So I always prefer to do in open pan.