Rava Upma

Ingredients
1.	Ravai/Semolina	1 cup
2.	Carrot	1
3.	Green peas	1/4 cup
4.	Green chillies	2-3
5.	Curry leaves	4-5
6.	Onion	1
7.	Tomato	1

Procedure:
1. Cut carrot into small cubes and keep aside.
2. Cut onion into fine slices and set aside.
3. Fry the ravai in a vanali with 6-7 spoons of oil.
4. Add mustard and heat oil until it cracks.
5. Now add 2 red chillies, 1 tsp urud dal and 1 tsp chana dal. Fry them until they turn golden brown.
6. Next, add the vegetables and fry them.
7. Once fried, add 2 cups of water and required amount of salt.
8. Once the water has boiled, keep adding the ravai and stir simultaneously making sure no lumps are formed.
9. Once the mixture has thickened, close the pan and keep the stove in low flame. Keep stirring every 5 mins until the upma is done.

Arisi Upma

Ingredients

For grinding
1.	pacharisi/raw rice	2 cups
2.	vendhayam/methi	1/2 tspn
3.	tuvaram paruppu/toor dal	4 tspn

Grind all 3 into a coarse flour, make sure it isn't a smooth flour.

For garnishing
1.	Oil	1 cup
2.	Kanja milagai/Red chillies	4-5
3.	kadalai paruppu/Channa dal	4 tspn
4.	ulutham paruppu/Urud dal	4 tspn
5.	Perungayam/Hing	a pinch
6.	payatham paruppu/Moong dal	2 tspn
7.	Karuveppilai/Curry leaves	4-5
8.	Milagai/Green chillies	1-2

Procedure:
1. In a vanali/pan, pour oil and add some mustard.
2. Once the mustard cracks, add red chillies, chana dal, urud dal, hing and fry until light red.
3. Now, add moong dal, curry leaves, split green chillies and 4 cups of water.
4. Once the water boils, add required quantity of salt. Then, add the ground mixture and keep stirring simultaneously making sure no lumps are formed.
5. Once the mixture has thickened, close the pan and keep the stove in low flame. Keep stirring once every 5 mins.

Some of us like the burnt crusts (kandhal) formed at the bottom of the pan.

Side dishes: Chutney, kuzhambu, masiyal, oorugai