Rava Upma is a South Indian breakfast staple. A savory porridge of soft semolina that's minimally spiced and enhanced with complimentary ingredients. I know I have posted a recipe for it here already. So, what's it going to be for today? The recipe is about the same but not the technique. If you have been reading my blog lately, you know I have been talking (incessantly!) about OPOS to the point of making it sound like the best thing since sliced bread! At the end of the year, if you were to check your bank savings and found that you unexpectedly saved a huge chunk of money, would that call for excitement and jubilation? Guess, you can the say the same thing for me - except we are talking about savings of a different kind - time, effort, health and hence - money. Now wait...wait...I hear you. You ask - this is UPMA for God's sake! Its such a poor man's food - what money is there to save? Its already quick to make - how much time can you cut out from it anyway? Its darn simple with hardly any ingredients - what effort are you talking about? 

I HEAR YOUUUU...... You need OPOS language to understand where I am coming from. A simple upma, while quick and easy, takes about 20-30 minutes to make. It involves quite a decent amount of sautéing and stirring. Now with this recipe, your active cooking time around 5 minutes. Your effort is less than 5-6 minutes including prep! You save gas from having cut the cooking time from 20 minutes to 5 thereby money due to less gas bill! The effort is a laugh. Once you go into the recipe, you will know why. Thanks to less effort and "no hands on" approach, you get time to do other things parallelly. Or may be just sit, relax and enjoy that elusive "peaceful morning tea" . Until few years ago, we used to enjoy a drier version of this upma. But, we chanced upon this creamier version at a local Indian restaurant and have been a fan since. This is how my family prefers the upma - with almost a "melt-in-the-mouth" texture. If your preference is otherwise, check the steps below for how to's.