Upma

Ingredients
Upma Rawa - 1 cup
Water - 2 cups
Cashewnuts (pre-fried in Pure Ghee) - 5 or 6 nos
Urad Dal - 1/2 tbsp
Chana Dal - 1/2 tbsp
Jeera (cumin seeds) - 1 tbsp
Rai (mustard seeds) - 1/2 tbsp
Lemon - 1/2 cut
Green Chillies - 2 nos
Ginger (finely chopped)- 1/2 tbsp
Pure Ghee - 3 tbsp

Procedure
In a frying pan take the Pure Ghee and heat it for a minute. Add Urad dal, Chana dal, Cumin seeds, Mustard seeds, Green Chillies and Ginger. Fry for a couple of minutes. Add Upma Rawa to this and fry for around 3 to 4 min. Make sure you constantly keep stirring to avoid over heating of Rawa. Put this aside.

Take two cups water in a frying pan and boil it. Add salt to this. Now add the above fried Upma Rawa to this water slowly by continuously stirring the mixture. This is to avoid the formation of balls of the Upma Rawa. After heating for another 3 to 4 min to a smooth mixture, add Cashewnuts and a tbsp of Ghee to this. Stir thoroughly to mix well, all the ingredients.

And Voila! Your Upma is ready to serve and savor.

Author's Note
Serve hot with a slice of Lemon.

There are few variations to this Plain Upma. Follow the steps below:
Onion Upma - While frying all the ingredients, before adding the Upma Rawa, add finely chopped Onions (1) for a minute or two. And then add the Upma Rawa and fry further. Follow the second paragraph above.

Carrot Upma - Take a carrot and cut it in small pieces. In a container take a cup of water and add salt to it and allow it to boil. Add the carrot pieces to this and let them boil for some time till carrot pieces turn soft. While frying all the ingredients, before adding the Upma Rawa, add these boiled carrot pieces and fry for a minute or two. Then add the Upma Rawa and fry further. Follow the second paragraph above.

Mutter Upma - While frying all the ingredients, before adding the Upma Rawa, add Mutter (Lightly boiled Peas) for a minute or two. And then add the Upma Rawa and fry further. Follow the second paragraph above.

Tomato Upma - While frying all the ingredients, before adding the Upma Rawa, add finely chopped Tomato (1) for a minute or two. And then add the Upma Rawa and fry further. Follow the second paragraph above.

Also you can add potatoes or a combination of all the above to make a good mixed Upma.