Mixed vegetable upma (Upittu)

Cooking time: 20min
Preparation time: 20min
Serving: 4 persons

Ingredients:
Sooji (Rawa) - 2Cups
Onion - 1 large
Ginger - 1 inch
Garlic - 6 to 8 cloves
Kadipatta
Asofoetida
Jeera
Mustard seeds
Green chilly - 1
Carrot - 2 small
French beans - 200 gms
Peas - 50gms
Salt to taste
Oil - 3 tbsp
Ghee - 2 tsp
Lemon - 1/2
Sugar - 1/2 tsp
Water - 2 and 1/2 cups
Cilantro leaves
Grated coconut (Optional)


Below in powdered form:
Cardamom - 2
Cinnamom - 1 cm
Black Pepper - 3-4


Method:
1. Chop the Onions into cubes.
2. Grate garlic and Ginger.
3. In the meantime, keep a kadai on flame. Then when hot add rawa and dry roast it till slightly brown.
4. Chop green chilly. Add less chilly as we already have other spices into the upma.
5. Chop Carrot into cubes. Also chop beans finely as it will cook faster.
6. By now the rawa would be done. So take it out and keep it aside.
7. In the same kadai, add oil and allow to heat.
8. Now add Asofoetida, Mustard and Jeera. Allow mustard to splutter.
9. Then add Kadipatta, Green chilly and Ginger-Garlic. Allow Garlic to become golden brown.
10. Then add Onions and fry for 5min. Then add all the vegetables. Fry for a minute or two. Add a little salt and cook well with closed lid of the kadai.
11. Now add the powdered masala and fry for sometime.
12. Once above is cooked well, Add the Water and allow to boil.
13. To the water add salt, Lemon juice, Cilantro leaves and sugar. Mix well.
14. Add the rawa to boiling water, mix quickly and close the lid as it starts to splutter all over.
15. After 2 min, Open the lid and mix well.
16. Now put 2tsp of ghee and mix it well. Close the lid and allow the raw to cook.
17. Garnish with cilantro leaves and grated coconut. Serve it plain or with Farsaan.