Upmaa (savoury semolina breakfast dish)
Upmaa (savoury semolina breakfast dish)

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Upma Savory Semolina Dish is also known as Uppumavu or Uppittu and is a common South Indian, Maharashtrian and Sri Lankan Tamil Breakfast / Tiffin dish. It is cooked as a thick porridge from dry roasted semolina or coarse rice flour. Various seasonings and/or vegetables are often added during. Upma (Indian Breakfast Recipes) is a healthy South Indian and Sri Lankan Tamil breakfast recipe, typically made with roasted semolina (also called rava.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook upmaa (savoury semolina breakfast dish) using 18 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.

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The ingredients needed to make Upmaa (savoury semolina breakfast dish):
  1. Take 3/4 cup Semolina (Medium)
  2. Get 1/2 cup Green Peas (Mutter)
  3. Get 1 cup Chopped Onion (1 large Onion)
  4. Get 1 1/2 tsp Sugar
  5. Take 2 1/4 cups Water
  6. Make ready 2 tbsp Homemade ghee (clarified butter for roasting the semolina)
  7. Make ready 2 tsp or To be adjusted as per taste Lemon Juice
  8. Take to taste Salt
  9. Prepare as required Fresh Grated Coconut
  10. Make ready Leaves as required Chopped Coriander
  11. Prepare For tempering:
  12. Make ready 2 tbs Oil
  13. Make ready 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
  14. Take 1/4 tsp Asafoetida
  15. Make ready 1 tsp Chana daal (split bengal gram)
  16. Make ready 1 tsp Udid daal (urad daal / split skinless black gram)
  17. Get 2 Green Chillies Chopped
  18. Prepare 1 sprig Curry Leaves

Upma is a savory South Indian breakfast dish made with cream of wheat (sooji or rava). The humble grains of semolina are widely used in Indian cooking. Sometimes sweet, sometimes savory, sometimes the crunchy coating on a simple fried fish, semolina has many wonderful avatars. Sooji upma is a breakfast dish that's as delicious as it is good for you.

Instructions to make Upmaa (savoury semolina breakfast dish):
  1. To make Upmaa, first we need to roast the semolina very well. Heat a pan and add the ghee to it.
  2. When it heats up, add the semolina to it and roast constantly on low flame for about 15 to 20 minutes or until the semolina starts emitting a roasted aroma.
  3. Transfer it to a container and set aside.
  4. Heat another pan and add oil to it for tempering. Add the mustard seeds and as soon as they splutter, add the asafoetida.
  5. Add the chanaa daal, udid daal and saute.
  6. Add the chopped green chillies and curry leaves.
  7. Saute and add the chopped onions. Saute and cook for about 5 minutes.
  8. Add the green peas and mix. Cover and cook till the onions are translucent and the peas cooked well.
  9. In the meantime heat the water for cooking the upmaa till it reaches a boiling point.
  10. Next add sugar and the roasted semolina to the cooked onions and mix well.
  11. Add salt to taste and the hot water. Mix well and lower the heat to low.
  12. Cover and cook on low heat, till the semolina has absorbed all the water.
  13. Add the lemon juice and mix well. Check seasoning and adjust as per taste.
  14. Switch off the heat and keep covered for about 10 more minutes. This helps the semolina puff up well.
  15. Serve the delicious Upmaa with a drizzle of some pure ghee and garnished with fresh grated coconut and chopped coriander leaves.

Sometimes sweet, sometimes savory, sometimes the crunchy coating on a simple fried fish, semolina has many wonderful avatars. Sooji upma is a breakfast dish that's as delicious as it is good for you. IDLI Saambar (traditional steamed rice cakes). Phodshiche thalipeeth (savoury flatbread with a grassy vegetable). This time we are using 'Masala Upma' which is a savory semolina pudding made using ghee and is usually served for breakfast or snacks in Indian homes.

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