Tomato Upma

Ingredients (18)

• 1 cup fine rava (sooji or semolina or cream of wheat)
• 2 tablespoon Ghee or oil
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 teaspoon urad dal (husked split black gram)
• 1 teaspoon chana dal (husked split bengal gram)
• 1 or 2 dry red chilies - broken and deseeded
• 1 pinch asafoetida (hing)
• 50 grams onion or 1 medium onion, chopped or ⅓ cup chopped onions
• 150 grams tomatoes or 2 medium to large tomatoes or 3/4 cup chopped tomatoes
• 1 or 2 green chilies - chopped
• 1/2 inch ginger - chopped or 1 teaspoon chopped ginger
• 6 to 7 curry leaves - chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder - can also add vangi bath powder or bisi bele bath powder
• 2.5 cups water
• salt as required
• 1 to 2 teaspoon Ghee (clarified butter) for drizzling on top - optional