Tomato Bath

Learnt From: My Mom.

Ingredients:

Sooji / Bombai Ravva --- ½ cup
Water --- 1 ½ cups
Green Chilies --- 4
Ginger --- 3 inch piece

Onions --- ¼ of the big one
Tomatoes --- 3 small or 2 medium
Salt --- as per taste

Note:

My mom adds potato too. But I don’t like tht in my tomato bath. And some add green peas too. If you want … you can add.

For Seasoning:

Oil --- 5 tblsn
Channa dal --- 1 tblsn
Urad Dal --- 1 tblsn
Mustard Seeds --- 1 tsp
Curry Leaves --- a few

Process:

Chop 4 green chilies, 3 inch piece ginger, ¼ th of the big onion, & 3 tomatoes into pieces. Keep them aside.


Heat 5 tblsn of oil in a deep pan. Don’t use a wide pan like I used.
Add & Toast seasoning one by one like channa dal, urad dal, and mustard seeds.
When the mustard seeds splutter add chopped green chilies, ginger and curry leaves.
Stir fry till the curry leaves get white spots.
Add chopped onions. Stir fry till translucent.


Add chopped tomatoes. Stir fry till them become limp.


Add 1 ½ cup of water (3 times to sooji qty).
Add enough salt. To check the salt. Take a drop of water and check the saltiness.
Keep the water till bubbles form.


In the meanwhile, take ½ cup of sooji.
Slowly add sooji with one hand and stir it with another hand. Add sooji little by little. This is very important step. Or else lumps will form.
Keep stirring till the water evaporates.


Turn the heat to sim and cover the pan with lid for 2 minutes.


Turn off the heat and mix well.
Tomato Bath is ready to be served.

Oats Upma

If you have the habit of taking oats … once you can try Oats Upma. The method of making this upma is as like as normal upmas only. Once check out the measurements.

Learnt From: My Sister-In-Law (Lakshmi)

Serving for: 2 – People.

Ingredients:

Oats --- 1 cup
Water --- 1 ¼ Cup
Green Chilies --- 5 - 6
Salt --- as per taste

For Seasoning:

Oil --- 4 tblsn
Channa dal --- 1 tblsn
Urad dal --- 1 ½ tsp
Mustard seeds --- 1 tsp
Curry Leaves --- a few

Process:

Chop green chilies. Keep them aside.
Heat oil in a pan.
Add and toast seasoning one by one like channa dal, urad dal, mustard seeds.
When the mustard seeds starts spluttering add curry leaves and green chilies to the pan. Stir fry till the green chilies get white spots.


Add water to the pan.
Add enough salt to the water.


When the water boils … add oats to the water.


Stir occasionally till the oats come together.


Turn off the heat. Wait for 5 minutes.
Serve Hot.

Sooji / Bombai Ravva Upma

Learnt From: My Mom

Serving for: 2 people

Ingredients:

Sooji / Bombai Ravva --- ½ cup
Water --- 1 ¼ - 1 ½
Green Chilies --- 4
Ginger --- 2 inches
Salt --- as per taste

Note:

For 1 cup of Sooji ... 2 ½ to 3 cups of water. I prefer 3 cups of water.

Seasoning:

Oil --- 4 tblsn
Split Channa Dal --- 1 tblsn
Split Urad Dal --- 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds --- 1 tsp
Curry Leaves --- 5-6

Process:

Chop green chilies.
Chop ginger into small pieces.
Heat oil in a deep pan
Add and toast channa dal, urad dal, mustard seeds.
Add curry leaves.
Add chopped green chilies and ginger.
Fry them till the green chilies get white spots.
Add measured water and enough salt.


Taste the salt whether it is according to your requirement or not … else if adjust the salt.
Let the water boil… you can notice bubbles in the water… which is a sign that the water is boiled.
Add sooji slowly to the water and stir it with a ladle continuously so that the lumps will not form.
Stir continuously till the ravva comes together.


Turn the heat to sim … keep it for 2 minutes.
Turn off the heat… Cover it with lid… keep it for 2 minutes.
It is very simple to prepare.
Serve hot with Channa powder or lemon juice or coconut channa chutney.

Poha Upma / Atukula Upma

This can be prepared very instantly and tasty to eat too.

Learnt From: My Mom

Makes: 2 servings

Ingredients:

Poha --- 1 ¼ cup
Onion --- 1/2 of the big one
Green Chilies --- 8 small
Salt --- to taste

For Seasoning:

Oil --- 5 tblsn
Channa Dal --- 1 tblsn
Split urad dal --- 1 tsp
Mustard seeds --- 1 tsp
Curry Leaves --- 5-6

Process:

Chop onions and green chilies to small pieces.
Clean poha with water.
Drain the water by keeping the cleaned poha in a colander.
Mix enough salt to the poha … in the colander itself.


Heat 5 tblsn of oil in a pan.


Add and toast seasoning one by one like … channa dal, urad dal & mustard seeds.
When mustard seeds starts spluttering add chopped green chilies and onions to the pan.


Add enough salt to the onions and fry till they turn to translucent colour.
Add poha which we kept aside by mixing salt to it.


Sauté for 5 minutes.
Serve hot.