Recipe: At Home Masala upma

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Recipe: At Home Masala upma Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Masala upma. A very simple recipe that can be made in very less time with very few ingredients. Chop the onions, green chillies and tomatoes finely. Soak the gram dal for half-an-hour.

It's easy to digest, filling and wholesome too.

Traditionally, it's made by sautéing semolina with ghee, seasoning and adding water.

One of the specialities of this place was the masala upma which my husband often had!

You can cook Masala upma using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Masala upma

  1. You need 2 cup of semolina.

  2. It’s 2 of Onion.

  3. You need 2 tbsp of chana dal.

  4. Prepare 1 of Green chilli.

  5. You need 1/2 tsp of Rai.

  6. It’s 1 tsp of Garam masala.

  7. You need 1 tsp of Chaat masala.

  8. Prepare as needed of Oil.

  9. Prepare 6 cup of water.

Upma was a constant fixture in my mother's house as it is in million's of other Indian households.

But my mother made it plain or sometimes with vegetables, but never with masala in it other than the usual seasoning ingredients like mustard, curry leaves.

Water to rava ratio and oil + ghee decides the texture and softness of upma.

Rolled oats are best to make oats upma as they do not turn mushy.

Masala upma step by step

  1. Take kadai add oil and Rai add green chilli add chana dal and onion fry dem till golden brown.

  2. Now add semolina and roast dein till its trun in light brown colour.

  3. Now add salt garam chaatmasala in it add warm water and mix dem.

Vegetables will enhance the nutrition & taste of the oats upma.

Upma, uppumavu or uppittu is a dish originating from the Indian subcontinent, most common in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtrian, Odia and Sri Lankan Tamil breakfast, cooked as a thick porridge from dry-roasted semolina or coarse rice flour.

Various seasonings and/or vegetables are often added during the cooking, depending on individual preferences. / Masala Bread Upma Recipe.

This is a perfect evening snack for a rainy day and the click was on one such rainy day some months back!

But bear with me, the taste is different from the earlier ones, aromatic and flavorful.