Vegetable Rava Upma is a simple vegan savoury dish made with semolina, water and vegetables. Upma also called uppittu, uppumaavu is a filling and nutritious meal that tastes great with chutney, pickle, mango thokku or podi as accompaniment.
This typical South Indian dish makes a healthy and tasty dish that gets ready quickly, It also makes an ideal and stress-free option to serve unexpected guests as you can cook a large quantity in IP with the same timer and settings. Although the cooking time remains the same, IP takes extra time to come to pressure before the timer turns ON. IP works out the time based on quantity in the pot.
Ingredients1.5 tbsp Oil
1/2 tsp Mustard
1/2 tsp Cumin
2 tsp Chana Dal
few Curry Leaves
1 tbsp (1/2 inch) Ginger chopped and crushed
3 Green Chillies chopped
1 cup (126 gms) Onion sliced
1/3 cup (59 gms) Carrot 1 small, diced into small cubes
1/3 cups (42 gms) Beans 4-6, chopped
1/3 cup (65 gms) Peas frozen (thawed)
1/2 cup (123 gms) Tomato chopped
1.5 cups (317 gms) Coarse Semolina (rava/ sooji) roasted
3.5 cups Water
as required Salt
Handful Coriander chopped
Method* Turn SAUTE mode ON and add oil.
* Once the oil is hot, add mustard, cumin, stir well and let it splutter for a few seconds.
* Now add chana dal and saute for few seconds until it starts to turn a light golden colour.
* Add curry leaves followed by ginger, green chillies and saute for a minute.
* Now add onion and saute for 2-3 minutes or until it turns soft.
* Add carrot, beans, tomato, saute well and cook for 2-3 minutes.
* CANCEL the SAUTE mode.
* Add roasted semolina, water, salt, frozen green peas, coriander and mix well.
* Scrape the bottom of the pan well to prevent the BURN message.
* Close the pot with lid, turn the knob to SEALING position.
* Press PRESSURE COOK mode, set a timer to 6 minutes at HIGH PRESSURE.
* Once the pot beeps, let the pressure release naturally (NPR) for 10 minutes before you do a quick release (QR).
* Take the lid off the pot, stir upma well.
* Serve delicious rava upma with podi, sambar or pickle.