Basil For The Soul

Here's one for the days you wake up late and hungry. Or a one-pot recipe for when you don't want to wash a ton of dishes later. The champion among upmas- gothambu rava upma. I would say upma actually refers to a basic preparation of just about any key ingredient cooked with a tempering of mustard, urad dal and curry leaves, a spoon of grated coconut and a dash of salt. Because besides your typical gothambu (wheat rava) upma, semiya/vermicelli upma etc, we also make 'kappa upma' with tapioca, 'bread upma' and even 'idli upma'! Yup! They're all super easy, maybe I will share the recipes with you in upcoming posts. So today, I will share with you the most basic wheat rava/ Bombay rava upma recipe, as taught to me by my Mom. It's one of the first dishes I learnt to make when I started living alone. And as any novice will agree, if you are not taught right, there are a million ways to get even boiling water wrong! So I will share 2-3 p...