Ingredients

• 1 cup - rava
• 2 - onion
• 3 - tomatoes
• 3 cloves - garlic | 3 - green chillies
• 2 - cardamom
• 2 - cloves
• 1 small piece - cinnamon
• Oil, to fry
• 1 tsp - mustard
• 1/2 tbsp - ghee
• 1 tsp - turmeric powder
• Coriander leaves - a few sprigs
• Curry leaves - a few sprigs
• Salt to taste.

How to Make Masala Kichadi

• Fry the rava in a pan with a little oil or ghee.
• Make a paste of garlic, green chillies, cardamom, clove, and cinnamon in mixie.
• Heat the oil in a kadai and splutter the mustard.
• Add the cut onion with a pinch of salt and saute in a low flame till it turns golden brown
• Add the tomatoes and saute for some time after increasing the flame
• Add turmeric powder and saute well
• Add the ground masala and saute well till the raw smell of the masala goes.
• Add 2.5 cups of water and boil it
• Add the rawa, mix it well, lower the flame and cook for 5 minutes.
• Garnish with coriander leaves, curry leaves and 1 tbsp ghee.