Rava kichadi | Sooji Kichadi | Rawa Khicadi - Pressure Cooker Method Is a tasty one pot south indian tiffin variety.
I love upma varieties, and even if I am having Upma daily I wont regret. Instead of cooking in pan I generally cook Rava kichadi in Cooker as its lump free and easy to cook.
Ingredients
- Sooji /Rava - 1 cup roasted
- Onion - 1 thinely sliced
- Tomato - 1 finely chopped
- Carrot - 1 small cubes
- Beans - 4 cored and chopped
- Frozen/Fresh peas - 3 tbsp
- Frozen/Fresh corn - 3 tbsp
- Green chilli - 1 slit
- Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/8 tsp
- Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
- Coriander Powder - 1/2 tsp
- Cumin Powder - 1/4 tsp
- Water - 2 cups + 1/4 cup
- Cardamom pods - 1
- Cinnamon - 1/8 stick
- Cloves - 1
- Bay leaf - 1
- Fennel seeds powder - 1/8 tsp
- Star Ansie - 1
- Salt - as needed
- Oil - 1 tbsp
- Ghee - 1/2 tsp
- Curry leaves and Coriander leaves - few
Instructions
- Boil 2 cups of water in a kettle or in stove and keep aside
- Add oil to the pressure cooker and when the oil is hot add clove, bay leaf, Star Ansie, cardamom pod, cinnamon and fennel seed powder; cook for 30 secs.
- Add onion, green chilli and ginger-garlic paste and sauté them till the onions are translucent. Add tomato and cook till they became mushy
- Add carrot, beans, corn and peas; sauté till vegetables are half cooked. Add garam masala ,turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder and cook for a minute
- Add the roasted rava and sauté for a minute. Add hot water, salt and ghee; close the pressure cooker, cook till the steam comes well and switch off (like we cook Idli). Open the cooker after the pressure relases
- Add coriander leaves and serve with any chutney
Notes
- Instead of pressure cooker method Can also cook the kichadi in pan
- Potato, cauliflower or any other veggies of your choice can be added
- Fresh vegetables can be used instead of frozen
- Can skip whole garam masala and prepare kichadi
Rava Kichadi - Pressure Cooker Method
Preparation Time: 10 mins | Cooking Time: 25 mins | Serves : 3
Ingredients:
Sooji /Rava - 1 cup, roasted
Onion - 1, thinely sliced
Tomato - 1, finely chopped
Carrot - 1, small cubes
Beans - 4, cored and chopped
Frozen/Fresh peas - 3 tbsp
Frozen/Fresh corn - 3 tbsp
Green chilli - 1, slit
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/8 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Coriander Powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumin Powder - 1/4 tsp
Water - 2 cups + 1/4 cup
Cardamom pods - 1
Cinnamon - 1/8 stick
Cloves - 1
Bay leaf - 1
Fennel seeds powder - 1/8 tsp
Star Ansie - 1
Salt - as needed
Oil - 1 tbsp
Ghee - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves and Coriander leaves - few
Method:
- Boil 2 cups of water in a kettle or in stove and keep aside
- Add oil to the pressure cooker and when the oil is hot add clove, bay leaf, Star Ansie, cardamom pod, cinnamon and fennel seed powder; cook for 30 secs.
- Add onion, green chilli and ginger-garlic paste and sauté them till the onions are translucent. Add tomato and cook till they became mushy
- Add carrot, beans, corn and peas; sauté till vegetables are half cooked. Add garam masala ,turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder and cook for a minute
- Add the roasted rava and sauté for a minute. Add hot water, salt and ghee; close the pressure cooker, cook till the steam comes well and switch off (like we cook Idli). Open the cooker after the pressure relases
- Add coriander leaves and serve with any chutney
Notes:
- Instead of pressure cooker method Can also cook the kichadi in pan
- Potato, cauliflower or any other veggies of your choice can be added
- Fresh vegetables can be used instead of frozen
- Can skip whole garam masala and prepare kichadi
This dish looks delicious, You use semolina? It's so pretty, the shape is very nice. Looks like a creamy sauce or is it a chutney you served with it?
Yes Suzanne its semolina. Its coconut chutney:-)thanku
Never thought a pressure cooker could make such a delicious dish! I love your layout and your cute little squirrel spokesman 🙂
Thanku Andy:-)
Nice and easy way to make up a, Vidya. I love the fact you have used cinnamon et al to spice it up. 🙂
Thanku Aruna:-)
I love your method of upma using pressure cooker. I will try next time. thanks for the recipe! 🙂
Thanku Indu:-)
I usually do only arisi upma in pressure cooker, this looks great Vidya....I should try it sometime. Loved that cutie little squirrel in the background 😀
Thanks Malar:-) that's the sat/pepper dispenser I was telling you
Its like upma biriyani right? Never added ginger garlic paste thought.. need to give it a shot.
Upma biryani, love that name:-) thanks Sri
Healthy Breakfast...:)
healthy breakfast:)
Thanku Malathi:-)
like to have it hot with spicy chutney...too good
Thanku Vani:-)
This sounds flavorsome with whole spices- yummm
Thanku C:-)
healthy and filling breakfast!!
Thanku Sundari:-)
I like this one.. it looks yummmyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Thanku Bikram:-)
Wow Vidya! So this is not upma but khichdi!!!!
Thanks Sonal:-) when we had veggies and spices to Upma, we call it kichadi
Perfect way to feed the kids some nutritive food loaded with veggies 🙂 Looks delicious !
Thanku Andy:-)
Looks wonderful!
Thanku Bernice:-)
Rava is new to me I had to look it up to see what it is. Your dish looks amazing with all of the flavors you've used.
Rava is semolina.. Thanks Julie:-)
Hi Vidya,
The rava kitchadi which is served back in tamil nadu , in hotels or in functions i see semiya also added to rava.by any chance do you know the proportion.i am just trying to get the same taste and feel
Will try this pressure cooker method as i get rava kitchadi and upma dry and it always sticks to the pan
Thanks
Susana
Susana, you can add equal proportion of rava and semiya; try kichadi