Monday, February 13, 2012

#11 : Vegetable Upma

For a lot of people, Upma is a easy to put together breakfast . To me , Upma is a whole different word . I 'adore' it . When I make it , I put a lot of effort into it . I chop up vegetables , boil potato , fry cashews , pound ginger and ....
My husband jokes that I am the only person he knows who could go to a South Indian restaurant and order Upma . Need I say more !

Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup Semolina / Sooji / Rava
  • 1 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 4-5 Cashews
  • 2-3 Curry leaves
  • 1 small Onion (thinly sliced)
  • 3 tsp of Green Peas
  • 1/2 small Carrot (diced)
  • 3 Green Beans (diced)
  • 1/2 small Potato ( cut into small cubes and boiled )
  • 1 inch piece of Ginger (pounded)
  • 2 Green chillies (Slit)
  • 1 Tbs oil
  • 1 tsp Ghee (optional)
  • 1.5 cups water
  • Salt to taste
Method:
  1. Dry roast the Semolina / Sooji / Rava for 7-8 mins on medium heat and set aside
  2. In another wide pan , heat oil and fry cashews until golden . To it add the mustard seeds, curry leaves, green chilles and fry for a minute 
  3. Add onions and fry until slightly brown . Add the vegetables ( carrot , peas ,beans and boiled potato ) 
  4. Add in the water , salt and bring to a rolling boil 
  5. Turn back the heat / flame down to medium , add ghee and salt as required 
  6. Start adding the roasted semolina to the vegetable-water mixture in small batches and keep stirring rigorously 
  7. Cover and cook for 10 mins on low heat 
  8. Serve with a dash of freshly squeezed lime 

3 comments:

  1. Thats an awesome picture! Your upma looks very Appetizing.

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  2. Lavani, thank you for the nice comment you left on my site. Your recipes look wonderful. Like you, I also adore upma. I will add a link to your site if you don't mind. Tahnk you.

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  3. i tried... but... not gud... gonna try again

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