Recipe: Eating on a Dime Upma

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Upma. As mentioned, upma is a versatile dish so there are many variations of it. It can include rice, vermicelli, or pearl sago. Veggies and beans can be added to it, and some types will include cashews and peanuts.

Upma or rava Upma is a savory porridge where semolina is cooked with some whole spices, nuts, and veggies.

Upma recipe - A basic South Indian breakfast recipe made with semolina, spices, herbs & veggies.

Most Indian breakfast foods take a considerable amount of time - to plan, prepare and to cook.

You can cook Upma using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Upma

  1. It’s 2 cup of Rava/sooji.

  2. Prepare 1 of Potato.

  3. Prepare 1 of Onion.

  4. It’s handful of Green Peas.

  5. Prepare 1 tbsp of Urad dal.

  6. It’s 2 tbsp of Chana dal.

  7. Prepare 1 tbsp of Moong dal.

  8. It’s 1 tsp of Mustard seed.

  9. You need 2 of green Chilli.

  10. You need 7-8 of Curry leaves.

  11. You need To taste of Salt.

  12. Prepare As needed of Oil.

  13. It’s of Garnish.

  14. Prepare as needed of grated beet root.

  15. It’s 2 tsp of coriander leaves.

  16. Prepare 1/2 cup of Curd.

Whether you are a newbie, a student or a bachelor trying to cook for yourself with minimum effort then.

Upma is a flavorful South Indian breakfast dish made from rava or cream of wheat.

This traditional dish involves cooking roasted rava in water that has been flavored by ghee (or oil), cashews, urad dal (lentils), chana dal (husked chickpeas), onion, ginger and additional herbs and spices.

In Andhra they call this upma 'Bombay rava' upma.

Upma instructions

  1. Roast the rava for 7-8 min in medium flame..

  2. Heat the oil put mustard seed, chilli, curry leaves, potatoes and onion..

  3. Cook for 3-4 min the add soaked moong, urad and chana dal..

  4. When all this ingredients get completely cooked then add roasted rava..

  5. Add little bit of water then cook..

  6. Again add little bit of water and cook for a minute..

  7. Ready to serve with beet root, coriander leaves and curd..

It is extremely soft and spongy in texture.

When I was a kid, I loved eating this upma as balls rolled in sugar.

This upma makes an excellent accompaniment to pesarattu.

Upma is a traditional Indian breakfast made with sooji (also called rava in south).

It's more common in South India but now I see it just as much everywhere in India.