BAJIL SAJJIGE (BEATEN RICE/UPMA)

Ingredients:

Bajil( beaten rice)- 2 cups
Coconut- 2 cups grated
Jaggery- 2 Tbspn crushed
Cardamom- 2 pcs crushed/powdered
Ghee- 1 Tspn

Mix all above well with 2 Tspn of warm water and set aside.

Season with:

Ghee- 1Tspn
Mustard- ¼ Tspn
Seedless red chili crushed- 1pc
Curry Leaves- Few

Rava(Upma)

Ingredients:

Fine Rava- 1cup
Water- 2 cups
Salt- ½ Tspn
Sugar-2 Tspn
Onion finely chopped- ½
Green Chili-1pc
Coconut grated- 3 Tbspn
Mustard- ½ Tspn
Oil- 2 Tbspn
Curry Leaves- few

Method:

1. In a pan, add oil, mustard. When mustard crackles, add onions, green chili, curry leaves.
2. When onion turns brownish, add water, salt, sugar and check the taste.
3. When this starts boiling, add the rava. Keep mixing well till it turns thick and turn of the gas.
4. Leave it covered for few mnts.
5. Now mix the sajjige and Rava and serve hot.
6. Sprinkle some sugar on this mix.

This combo goes well w/elaichi banana.