Rava Khichdi Recipe - Semolina Khichadi Recipe

Rava Khichdi recipe happens to be one of my favourite breakfast or an evening tiffin to be enjoyed with dollops of ghee. My Grandmother got this recipe from a brahmin man who ran a quaint little hotel in the 60’s and its been the most loved recipe in our family ever since that.

This recipe also happens to be our family’s lucky recipe as it is always served to all the grooms who comes to see the bride for the first time and every time the alliance has always ended up being finalised into marriages at the first shot itself.

As I have grown up used to this recipe, I dislike it when people pass off a humble rava upma with vegetables as rava khichdi. The difference between a rava khichdi and the upma is of course the addition of vegetables plus the the khichdi does not have dals added to the tempering unlike the upma and also it has other whole spices unlike the upma.

Notes while making Rava Khichdi:

1. If you are using double roasted suji, you can skip the roasting part.
2. You can add tomatoes as well but as it will make the khichdi more mushy, I never add it. But if you wish to add, just quarter them and add. Do not chop finely.
3. If you are calorie conscious, avoid ghee and make it with oil. But the aroma and flavor will not be the same.
4. Adjust the green chilies according to your spice level.
5. If you do not wish to bite into the whole spices, grind the spices excepting the bay leaf with the green chili and ginger.

You can check other breakfast recipes using Rava like Onion Rava Dosa, Oats Idli, Rava khara pongal and savory semolina cake.

Rava Khichdi Recipe details below:

Rava Khichdi Recipe

Radhika

Rava Khichdi served with coconut chutney and sambar for breakfast.

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine South Indian

Servings 3

Ingredients

  

• Rava or Sooji - 1 cup
• Onion – 1
• Carrot - 1 small
• Potato - 1 small
• Fresh peas or frozen – ¼ cup
• Ginger – 1 inch piece
• Green chili – 3 to 5
• Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
• Cloves – 2
• Cardamom – 1
• Cinnamon stick – 1 inch piece
• Bay leaf – 1
• Cashew nuts - 10 halved
• Curry leaf – 1 sprig
• Water – 3 cups
• Salt – to taste
• Ghee - 1 tbsp
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Vanaspati - ½ tbsp (optional)

Instructions

 

Preparation:

• Chop the onions finely. Thinly slice the potatoes and carrots.
• Microwave carrots, potatoes, green peas at high for 2 minutes. You can also blanch them on stove top. Keep aside.
• Grind both green chili and ginger without adding any water and keep aside.

How to make Rava Khichdi:

• Heat ghee in a pan, add the cashews and roast till golden brown, drain and keep aside.
• Add oil and vanaspati to the same pan. Add cloves, cardamom, cinnamon and bay leaf and sauté till you get the aroma.
• Add mustard seeds and let them crackle.
• Add onions, curry leaves and sauté till the onions turn pink.
• Add the ground ginger and chili paste, mix well and cook for a minute.
• Add rava, turmeric powder, salt and keep sautéing over low flame for 2-3 minutes. The rava should get roasted well.
• Raise the flame to full. Add the blanched vegetables and pour the water with one hand into the rava mixture while mixing with a spatula with the other hand.
• Mix well. You can see the khichdi thickening while the water starts to bubble around. Simmer the flame completely. Close with a lid a let it cook for 4-5 minutes.
• Switch off stove and keep the khichdi closed with a lid so that the khichdi gets further cooked in the heat and it will become grainy and separate instead of being mushy.
• Add roasted cashew nuts to rava khichdi and mix well.
• Serve hot topped with more ghee along with coconut chutney and sambar.