SuvaiArusuvai - Veg Recipes of India

  Arisi upma a very easy and healthy dish. I have great memories of having Arisi Upma and Vella thool in Ramanasramam, the taste which no one could recreate, may be because it is a prasadam, it tasted so different and divine. Any ways it is a very filling dish that can be served for breakfast or dinner. My grandma used to make it in Vengala Panai and you get a settled crust at the bottom (Adi pidithal) and we used to wait for her to share it amongst us all. Mom used hindaliya chatti for this and I use non stick. But now as I have decided reduce or not to use non stick as much as possible, I have purchased a cast iron kadai and I am sure the taste is definitely going to be too good.  I make Arisi Upma normally using a mixture of Raw rice, boiled rice, thuvar dal and channa dal. Many people make it just by using thuvar dal along with raw rice. Some also use moong dal too. Let me share my recipe. Actually as I make the base powder for it ready and use it to make thavalai adai, upma kozhuk

Ingredients: Roasted Samba rawa - 1 cup  Mixed vegetables -  Potato,beans,carrots and peas.  ginger- few cut finely  green chillis-2(small)  red chillies-2  Onions- 1 big  Tomatoes-2 medium  curry leaves-few sprigs  coriander -for grarnishing  salt- as req.  water-2 to 2 1/2 cups  For seasoning- mustard, urad dal and chana dal( kadala parupu)  Method:   In a pan add little oil and when slightly hot, add mustard,then urad dhal, chana dhal and chilies (to suit to your taste) add ginger and curry leaves. Then add onions and saute . when onions turn translusent add tomatoes. Then add 2 cups of water and salt . when water begins to boil. add steamed vegetables( can be done in microwave or cook first keep aside) add turmeric.and mix well. simmer for a few minutes till the water gets fully absorbed . add a teaspoon ghee and mix well.  Add coriander for garnishing. This is a very nutritious receipe and suits well for the diabetics.

Upma is one recipe, which is made very fast and very easily. Whenever a fast tiffin for the evening time had to be made, I prefer making this. As far as I know many of the south Indian households add Semolina in their monthly budget. Ingredients: Semolina/Sooji/Rawa - 1 cup Ghee - 2 tbsp Oil - 2 tbsp Ginger - 1 inch piece Green Chilly - 2 nos Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp Broken Urad Dal - 1 tsp Asafodeita - 2 pinches Salt to taste Curry Leaves - few Coriander Leaves - chopped 1/4 cup Water - 2 cups Method: Dry roast rawa. Let it cool. In the same pan add 1 tbsp of ghee and roast the rawa again till it is coated well with ghee. Remove from the pan and spread it on a plate. Add oil and mustard seeds to the hot pan, when the mustard seeds splutters add the urad dal, green chillies, hing, curry leaves and finely chopped ginger. Add water and salt bring it to a boil. When the water boils add the roasted rawa slowly by constantly stirring so that no lumps are formed. Cover the