Upma
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp urad dal
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 pinch asafetida
- 1/2 cup rawa
- 1/2 finely chopped onion
- 1 finely chopped tomato
- ¼ cup chopped steamed carrots
- ¼ cup chopped steamed french beans
- finely chopped ginger and chillies or ginger chilly paste
- few curry leaves
- sea salt to taste
- fresh coriander for garnishing
- lemon juice for garnishing
- 1½ cups boiling water
Method
On a low fire, in a thick kadhai, put the urad dal and begin to stir. After a minute add in the mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds begin to pop the urad dal will be turning golden. Add asafoetida, curry leaves, and then immediately add onions. Keep stirring till onions go translucent. Add rawa, chillies, and ginger or ginger chilli paste and salt and stir till the rawa starts changing color. Add tomatoes and stir till they are half cooked. Add steamed beans and carrots. Add boiling / hot water, 1/2 cup at a time while going on stirring till the rawa expands and you get the desired consistency. All the water may not be used.
Garnish with coriander and lemon juice and serve hot.
Variations
Use ground maize, bajra sevai or wheat dalia instead of rawa. Use finely chopped, steamed french beans and carrots instead of tomatoes. Serve with Green Coriander & Mint Chutney or Coconut Chutney.
