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1. Upma
Ingredients: – 1 cup rava – 1 small onion – 2 green chillies – 2 spring onion stems – Finely chopped carrots and capsicum Method: 1. Roast the semolina to give it a toasted flavour. To make the cooking process more comfortable, you can cut up the vegetables the night before. 2. Fry the vegetables in oil till they are cooked. Add a pinch of salt. Add the rava to the mix. Pour some water if it gets too dry.
2. Aloo Paratha
Method: 1. Boil the potatoes and mash them in a large bowl. 2. In the potatoes, add green chillies, dhaniya, and mix well. 3. Put wheat flour in a large mixing bowl. 4. Add water and knead into a soft dough. 5. Make small-medium balls of the dough. 6. Roll them out into 3 to 4-inch circles. 7. Add a spoonful of potato filling in the centre. 8. Close the dough and round it with your fingers. 9. Now roll them with a rolling pin into round parathas. 10. Heat a tawa and roast the parathas, cooking them on both the sides with ghee.
3. Rice Sevai Upma
Method: 1. Boil the rice sevai in a pan. Once done, drain the water and keep the sevai aside. 2. In a different pan, heat 2 tablespoons of oil. It could be coconut, sesame or olive oil. Fry the cashew nuts first till golden. Then add the mustard seeds. Then fry the onion till they are pink. 3. Add the ginger, chilli and curry leaves after this. You can also add some other vegetables to this such as tomatoes or capsicum. 4. Add salt to the mix. 5. Squeeze lemon juice on top and serve.
4. Onion Rava Dosa
Method: 1. Mix the rava, rice flour, green chillies, ginger, onion, dhaniya, and kali mirch in a bowl. 2. Pour water and make a thin batter of medium consistency. 3. Heat the tawa or non-stick pan. Spread a bit of oil on the pan. With a ladle pour the dosa batter from the edges towards the centre. 4. Drizzle ¼ or ½ or 1 teaspoon of oil from the top. 5. Cook till the base is golden and crisp. 6. Flip and cook the other side. 7. When both the sides are cooked, remove the dosa from the pan. 8. Serve the hot dosa immediately.
5. Rice Flour Crepes
Method: 1. Whisk all ingredients together. 2. Stir till bubbles form in the batter. 3. On a hot tawa, spread a ladle of the batter and spread it in circular motions. 4. Cook till the side becomes crisp and brown. 5. Flip it and cook the other side. 6. Serve hot with fresh fruit
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