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. 1

    Heat oil and ghee. Splutter mustard, urad dal and curry leaves.

  2. 2

    Add onion, chilli and sauté until soft. Add all vegetables and cook 2 min.

  3. 3

    Add water and salt. Bring to a boil.

  4. 4

    Lower the flame and slowly stream in roasted rava while stirring to avoid lumps.

  5. 5

    Cover and cook 3-4 min on low until water is absorbed and upma is fluffy.

  6. 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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Recipe authored by Dt Manthan Sharma · © Dietwalaa