Ingredients
- 1 cup Semolina
- 4 tbsp oil
- 2 cups water
- 10 curry leaves
- 1 green chilies—slit
- 2 red chilies (with crowns removed)
- 1/8 cup peas (optional)
- 1/8 cup chopped carrots (optional)
- ½ tsp split black gram
- ½ tsp bengal gram
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- salt to taste
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- Juice of 2 lemons
- A handful of cashew nuts
In India, upma is considered one of the best and healthiest ways to kickstart one’s day. This dish is ridiculously simple ideal for bachelors and bachelorettes, whose days are crammed with work and social life. Upma is generously flavoured with curry leaves. A squeeze of lemon provides much-needed acidity to the humble upma. When there’s absolutely nothing available in your kitchen, upma can be the ultimate rescue to satisfy sudden hunger pangs. This recipe of upma takes 5 minutes to prepare and 5 minutes to cook and serves 2.
Health Benefits
Semolina is made of durum wheat, which has a high content of fibre, which prolongs digestion, thereby making a person feel full for many hours. Upma is a well-cooked dish, devoid of strong spices, and contains very little salt and oil. These factors make upma a preferred dish for health-conscious people.
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How to make Upma
Upma is an extremely versatile dish. You can make many other varieties of upma, such as idli upma, aval (flat rice) upma, arisi (broken rice) upma, and (godhumai rava) broken wheat upma. Trivia
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