Upma

Upma

Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 15-20 minutes
Serves: 3

Ingredients

• 1 cup semolina (sooji, rava)
• 1 medium sized onion, chopped finely
• 1 green chilly, chopped
• 1 tablespoon split and skinned chana dal (Bengal gram)
• ½ tablespoon split and skinned urad dal(black gram)
• 2 -2.5 cups water
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 sprig of curry leaves
• Few cashew nuts
• 2-3 tablespoon oil or ghee
• salt to taste

Method:

1. Heat 1 tablespoon. pure ghee / unsalted butter and fry rava, on a medium heat, stirring constantly to light brown color and set aside.
2. Now heat 2 tablespoon ghee in a pan and add mustard seeds and allow them to splatter.
3. Add the daals : channa & urad & curry leaves to it and fry till they starts to brown a little.
4. Add cashew-nuts and onions and fry till they become transparent.
5. Add the green chilly, curry leaves. Fry for a minute.
6. Now Add water to this mixture and salt.  When the water starts boiling, lower the flame and add the roasted semolina to it.
7. Keep on stirring while you add the semolina.
8. The semolina will absorb water and swell and begin to cook.
9. Reduce the flame and simmer the upma for 2-3 minutes.
10. Keep stirring so that the upma does not stick to the pan.
11. Garnish upma with cilantro leaves. 

 Note:

• If the mixture looks dry, then add some more water.
• If you want a sweeter taste, you can add sugar with salt.