Breakfast
Vegetable Semolina Upma
20 min 2 serves Dt Manthan Sharma
BreakfastVegetarianFamily / Lifestyle
Ingredients
- •1 cup rava (semolina), dry-roasted
- •1 small onion, chopped
- •¼ cup each: carrot, peas, capsicum (chopped small)
- •1 green chilli, 1 sprig curry leaves
- •½ tsp mustard seeds, ½ tsp urad dal
- •2.5 cups water, salt
- •1 tsp oil, 1 tsp ghee, lemon, coriander
Method
- 1
Heat oil and ghee. Splutter mustard, urad dal and curry leaves.
- 2
Add onion, chilli and sauté until soft. Add all vegetables and cook 2 min.
- 3
Add water and salt. Bring to a boil.
- 4
Lower the flame and slowly stream in roasted rava while stirring to avoid lumps.
- 5
Cover and cook 3-4 min on low until water is absorbed and upma is fluffy.
- 6
Finish with lemon juice and coriander. Serve warm.
Dietitian's tip
Toasting rava well first prevents a gluey texture. For a fibre boost, use broken dalia instead of rava.
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