Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 20 min
Serves: 3

Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)

1. 1/2 cup medium rava or semolina
2. 1.25 cup water
3. 1/2 cup avarekalu or filed beans
4. 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
5. 1 tsp urad dal
6. 1 tsp bengal gram dal or chana dal
7. 1 onion
8. 1 medium sized tomato
9. 2 - 3 green chili
10. 4-5 curry leaves
11. 1 tsp finely chopped ginger
12. 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
13. 6 - 8 tsp cooking oil
14. 1 tsp salt (or as per your taste)
15. 2 tsp chopped coriander leaves
16. 1/4 cup fresh grated coconut

Instructions for making avarekalu uppittu:

1. To begin with cook the avarekalu and keep it aside.
2. Next roast the rava by adding a tsp of ghee or oil and keep it aside.
3. Chop onion, tomato and ginger. Slit green chilies. Keep all other ingredients handy.
4. Heat oil in a big wide frying pan. Add in mustard seeds. When mustard seed splutters add in urad dal and chana dal (gram dal). Keep the stove on medium flame.
5. When the dal turns brown add in curry leaves, chopped ginger, slit green chilies and chopped onion.
6. Fry until onion turns soft under medium flame.
7. Add in chopped tomato and saute for a while.
8. Add in salt and turmeric powder. Fry until tomatoes are soft.
9. Add in cooked avarekalu.
10. Add in 1.25 cup of water (For 1 cup rava 2.5 cup water). The amount of water may vary slightly depending on the thickness of rava. Wait until the water comes to rolling boil.
11. Gradually add the roasted rava by stirring continuously.
12. Within no time it will become thick.
13. Close the lid and allow it to cook for 2 minutes under low flame
14. Add in grated coconut and chopped coriander leaves. Mix it well. Switch off the stove and serve.

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