Upma (Semolina dish)
Description
This is a delightful south Indian breakfast speciality, which cooks fast and is equally nutritious
Ingredients
- Semolina (sooji) : 1 cup
- Water : 2 cups
- Oil : 3 tbsp
- Onions chopped : 1 large
- Green chillies Chopped : 3
- Ginger chopped : 1 tsp
- Mustard seeds : ½ tsp
- White gram (urad) : ½ tsp
- Curry leaves : 1 sprig
- Coriander leaves : 1 tbsp chopped
- Salt to taste
Methods/steps
- 1. Roast the semolina without oil, in a thick bottomed pan for about 3 minutes, stirring all the while, and remove on to a plate.
- 2. Heat oil, and splutter mustard seeds. Add in the white gram and curry leaves. Stir.
- 3. Add the chopped onions, green chillies, and ginger and fry well till the onion turns soft and pink.
- 4. Add the water, required salt, and wait till the water boils.
- 5. Drop in the roasted semolina, stirring all the time, so that no lumps are formed. Keep stirring all the while, till all the semolina is well blended in the water.
- 6. cover the pan for a minute, lowering the heat. When you remove the cover, you will find that the Upma has thickened and cooked. Sprinkle corrinander leaves and serve hot.
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Additional Tips
You may add chopped vegetables like peas, carrot, potato, beans, etc to the onions, while they are being fried. Make as usual.
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