Rava Tomato Bath/Tomato Rava Bath/Semolina Tomato Bath

To make a quick dish for myself on a lazy day,I prefer to make one pot meal or upma.As my family say a big no to upmas and kichadi I make it for lunch,once in a while to satisfy my cravings.
My mom used to make mixed vegetable masala kichidi/bath whenever we are bored with regular upam..The same recipe I make it with little more tomato and no veggies.If the semolia/rava is roasted then this can be made in no time.To fasten the cooking process I used the hot water to cook the semolina.

                                                                      

                                                            

                                        Rava Tomato Bath/Tomato Rava Bath

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time ~ 10 minutes
   Cooking time ~ 20 minutes

   Serves ~ 2

  Ingredients

  

Ingredient	Quantity
Semolina/rava	3/4 cup
Green chilly/pachamilagai	2 slit lenghty
Onion( finely sliced)	1 (medium size)
Ginger&garlic paste	2 tbs
Tomato(pureed)	1(large size)
Turmeric powder/manjal podi	1/4 tsp
Red chilly powder/milagai podi	1/4 tsp
Coriander powder/dhaniya podi	1/4 tsp
Garam Masala powder	a pinch
Salt	3/4 tsp
Curry leaves/karivepillai	few leaves
Coriander leaves(chopped)	1 tbs
Cashwes/mundiri(optional)	2 tsp(broken)
Oil	1.5 tbs

 For the tempering

Ingredient	Quantity
Cloves/lavangam	3
Cinnamon/pattai	1 inch piece
Star anise	1 (petal)
Fennel seeds/sombu	1/4 tsp

  

   Method 

• Heat the pan with 2 tsp of oil and roast the rava in a medium flame for 3-4 minutes or  nice aroma comes out.Remove it and heat the remaining oil in the pan and do the tempering with ingredients.Fry the cashews.Meanwhile boil 2.5 cups of water in the next burner.

•  Add the sliced onion,curry leaves and green chillies along with a pinch of salt. Saute till transparent,add in the ginger&garlic paste and fry it for couple of minutes.Then goes in the pureed tomato.Fry it for a minute.

• Now add in all the spice powders and salt,mix it well.At this stage add the roasted rava and mix it well till everything blends well.

• Add around 2.5 cups of boiling water and stir it well till the water is absorbed.Cover it with a lid and cook it in a slow flame for 3-4 minutes.Finally add the chopped coriander leaves and put off the flame.

• Serve it with coconut chutney or onion raita.

• Rava needs to roasted well otherwise the bath will be sticky.
• Instead of garam masala tempering mustard,urad and channa dhal can be used.
• Fresh or frozen peas can also be added while sauteing the onion. 

Enjoy.........................................

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