Wheat Rava Upma is a healthier version of upma made using wheat rava perfect for breakfast or dinner. Wheat Rava Upma is made by roasting wheat rava and cooking it with tempered onions & lentils. This Upma is good for weight loss & easy to digest too. How to make Wheat Rava Upma is explained in this recipe with step by step pictures and video.
Wheat Rava Upma is my favourite and I wouldn’t complain at all even if its served often. Be it rava upma or wheat rava upma I love all varieties of upma. Just a spicy side or just sugar I can even eat upma daily.
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About Wheat Rava Upma
Wheat Rava Upma is a popular variation of the traditional rava upma but a healthier version. It is most recommended dish for all ages. Upma is a traditional indian dish made with semolina or sooji or rava, and this rava upma is a healthy variation that incorporates coarse wheat semolina instead.
This Upma is a popular choice for breakfast in many households and is loved for its simplicity and flavors. I like both wheat and white rava recipes….My favourite combo being with sugar or coconut chutney or with sambar…yumm combo!
Mittu loves upma with rasam and attimes with curd too. Do you have any interesting combination to share? Amma makes it in pressure cooker but I always prefer to make it in open pot.
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Wheat Rava Upma Ingredients
- Rava / Sooji / Semolina: I have used store bought rava (hard wheat / semolina) for this recipe. It is unroasted variety so I always roast it for few seconds along with vegetables before cooking.
- Spices & Basic Veggies : Upma recipe needs a simple tempering with mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal, curry leaves and chilli etc. I added carrots and peas to make it wholesome and colorful too.
- Ghee / Oil : Use ghee when available as ghee takes upma to a different level of taste. I use regular cooking oil (groundnut oil) alternatively you can use coconut oil too.
Wheat Rava Upma Recipe Step by Step
1.To a kadai heat 1 tablespoon oil – add mustard seeds let it splutter. Add 1/2 teaspoon urad dal and 1 teaspoon chana dal.
2.Add few curry leaves and 1 small green chillies(slitted).
3.Give a quick saute until the dals turn golden brown.
4.Add 1/2 cup onion, 1/4 cup carrot and 1/4 cup green peas and salt to taste.
5.Saute the vegetables for 2 mins.
6.Cook covered until the vegetables turn slightly soft. It will take atleast 5 mins.
7.Now vegetables are almost done.
8.Add 1 cup wheat rava.
9.Saute for a minute.
10.Add 3 cups of boiling hot water.
11.Give a quick mix.
12.Once it starts boiling – Cook covered for 2-3 mins.
13.After 3 mins it will look like porridge in consistency.
14.Give a quick mix.
15.Again cook covered for 5-7 mins in low flame.
16.Now it is done.
17.Fluff the upma. Add 1 tablespoon ghee or coconut oil. When hot it will look sticky but will be perfectly after cooling down for sometime.
18.This is just for preserntation you can serve it as such too. Now fill upma in a greased bowl.
19.Invert to the serving plate to demould.
20.Wheat rava upma is ready! Serve with chutney of your choice.
Expert Tips
- For pressure cooking method add 3 cups water and pressure cook for 2 whistles in medium flame.
- Add a handful of chopped mint leaves for extra flavour. It gives it a good biryani flavour so do try and enjoy.
- If you like your upma more goey then you can use 3.5 cups of water.
- Add 1/4 cup mint leaves if you like the flavour.
- If you prefer you can add vegetables of your choice to make it more filling and colorful too.
Serving & Storage Suggestion
Wheat Rava Upma can be paired up with any spicy chutney or coconut chutney or sambar. Kids will love it with ghee and sugar or with just plain curd. This keeps good for a day – For later use within the day, refrigerate and reheat it before serving.
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Wheat Rava Upma
Ingredients
- 1 cup wheat rava
- 1/2 cup onion chopped finely
- 1/4 cup carrot roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup peas
- 3 cups water
- salt to taste
To Temper :
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon urad dal
- 1 teaspoon chana dal
- 2 green chillies slitted
- few curry leaves
Instructions
- To a kadai heat 1 tablespoon oil – add mustard seeds let it splutter. Add 1/2 teaspoon urad dal and 1 teaspoon chana dal.
- Add few curry leaves and 1 small green chillies(slitted).
- Give a quick saute until the dals turn golden brown.
- Add 1/2 cup onion, 1/4 cup carrot and 1/4 cup green peas and salt to taste.
- Saute the vegetables for 2 mins.
- Cook covered until the vegetables turn slightly soft. It will take atleast 5 mins.
- Now vegetables are almost done.
- Add 1 cup wheat rava.
- Saute for a minute.
- Add 3 cups boiling hot water.
- Give a quick mix.
- Once it starts boiling – Cook covered for 2-3 mins.
- After 3 mins it will look like porridge in consistency.
- Give a quick mix.
- Again cook covered for 5-7 mins in low flame.
- Now it is done.
- Fluff the upma. Add 1 tablespoon ghee or coconut oil. When hot it will look sticky but will be perfectly after cooling down for sometime.
- Fill it in a greased bowl.
- Invert to the serving plate to demould.
- Wheat rava upma is ready! Serve with chutney of your choice.
Notes
- For pressure cooking method add 3 cups water and pressure cook for 2 whistles in medium flame.
- Add a handful of chopped mint leaves for extra flavour. It gives it a good biryani flavour so do try and enjoy.
- If you like your upma more goey then you can use 3.5 cups of water.
- Add 1/4 cup mint leaves if you like the flavour.
- If you prefer you can add vegetables of your choice to make it more filling and colorful too.
Sathya...
Really Interesting to prepare Upma in Pressure cooker, going to try… Looking so so good…
AparnaRajeshkumar
sugar combo is good 🙂 so as coconut chutney !
Saranya Balaji
Quick and filling recipe…
Uma Ramanujam
I always use my pressure cooker to prepare this Upma. Very quick and it makes mt job easy everytime.. Looks yum..
Sapana Behl
lovely upma ..
what is wheat rava?
Ms.Chitchat
This idea of preparing upma in pressure cooker is good, never struck me. Thanks for sharing.
Devangi Kanchan
Lovely!
Priya Suresh
Healthy and very filling upma..Even i love with sugar.
Niloufer Riyaz
very healthy dish!!
M D
Ghee-sugar is one of my favorites ways of eating this upma. Very nostalgic as it beings me memories of being at my grandma's place. Loved your crisp, neat clicks!
Sundar Matpadi
This is cool. Never tried pressure cooking upma. Need to try it.
Mahi
I miss this wheat rava here..When ever am returning from coimbatore, "Mayil" mark rava will be traveling with me! 🙂 Just finished it off and bought a pack here, which tastes like broken wheat!
Nice upma, I never pressure cooked, nor added mint. It takes only a few minutes for the rava to cook, so why using pressure cooker Sharmi?
Upma and banana is our favorite combo! 🙂
Sharmilee! :)
I feel it easy to make in pressure cooker and I get the texture in pressure cooker perfectly…just depends on our preference 🙂
Veena Theagarajan
very healthy dish.. perfect start for the day
Unknown
Looks yummy!
Sheela Balamurugan
we have to dry roast the wheat rava sharmilee??
SHARMILEE J
Yes!
Kaajal Bhawnani
Hey what's wheat rava… I know sooji rava (hindi) which we use to make upma.
SHARMILEE J
You get wheat rava in shops , check out any supermarket in your place
Siri Kondapalli
I wanted to make this upma for more ppl, so increased it to two cups rava n 4 cups water, but it came out burnt 🙁