Vegetable Upma/Uppittu








This is the recipe for a quick breakfast.....

Ingredients
Semolina- 1cup
Water-2 cups
Onion-1 small cut
Bell Pepper-1 cut
Peas-1 cup
Carrot-1 cut
Tomatoes-1 cut
Green chillies-5-6(depends upon individuals)
Grated coconut-1/2 cup
Coriander-1/2 cup
Lemon Juice-2 tsp
Oil(any vegetable)-2 tbsp
sugar-1tsp
Ghee for a nice aroma
Salt to taste

For Seasoning
Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds-1/2 tsp
Black gram-1 tsp
Bengal gram-1 tsp
Hing-a pinch
Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp(optional)
Curry leaves-8-10

Method:
Fry the semolina(rava) until it turns golden color and you get a nice aroma. Keep it aside.Heat the oil in a heavy pan, add seasonings one by one and allow it to splutter.Add green chillies and onions fry till the onions become translucent. Add all the other vegetable. Add water and bring it to boil until the vegetables are cooked.Add salt, ghee, coconut, tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes. Reduce the heat and add the semolina(rava) slowly to the mixture. Stir it continuously so that the semolina will not get clumpy.Cover and simmer for few minutes, till the rava is cooked. Remove from the stove, add lemon juice, coriander and mix well.
Serve hot.(you can also serve the upma with pickle,curds or coconut chutney)
It will taste YUMMY

P.S.Are you extremely busy ??Dont have time to fry rava and make upma you can do this way...I usually have a readymade mix of fried rava with seasoning.So when you want to make upma you just put some oil to the saucepan,add water allow it to boil,add salt,sugar and coconut gratings,seasoned rava,stir the mixture and cover it for a while.Later add lemon and coriander leaves...This is plain upma(It tastes yummy)You can make vegetable upma by adding vegetables also. Enjoy quick upma

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