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Vegetable rava upma This Vegetable rava upma or kichdi is a very common breakfast in India. Among food items of India, the sooji has numerous food varieties like rice. Upma is the evergreen food, which can be prepared in a matter of minutes. This upma is a special and healthy breakfast dish with the addition of colourful vegetables. You don't need to pre cook the vegetables for this upma. Just saute them well in the oil along with the onions and cook the rava by the general method. Roasting the rava well will give you the perfect results. This is a simple recipe that is easy for your weekdays breakfast or dinner. No grinding, not even pressure cooking the vegetables. Let's see how to prepare this quick and yummy upma with step by step photos.

Starting from my childhood days aval is one of my favourite food. Aval tastes great on its own, but tastes even better when mixed with jaggery or sugar. Now a days there are many varieties you can buy at the supermarket. Some are thick aval that they taste better after cooling and some are thin aval that must be served quickly or you can use it as raw.Usually the thicker varieties are used for sweet dishes like aval ladoo, aval payasam, aval puttu and the thin varieties are used for aval upma, aval mixture and aval chat.  The thick aval has a firm texture and it needs some water or milk to absorb and later it  becomes soft. I always like to use thick aval for this dish because it absorbs the jaggery syrup and tastes better after resting. The other main ingredient in this recipe is fresh grated coconuts. Coconut has long been an important ingredient in enhancing the taste of South Indian cuisines, used in variety of sweets, curries, rice varieties and also for ste...