Healthy sooji Upma Recipe

Recipe - Sooji/Semolina/Rawa upma

Upma is a famous South Indian Dish

 

It is very tasty and easy to make food item and it is mainly eaten for breakfast.It is a very healthy breakfast which will satisfy your taste buds as well.


 INGREDIENTS


1 Bowl sooji
1 big onion
1 tomatoes
1 carrot
Peas
Lemon juice
Salt to taste
Red Chili Powder
Garam Masala powder
Black mustard seeds
Coriander Leaves
Curry Leaves
Oil
1 Tbspn Urad Dal
1 green chilli


 Chop onion, tomatoes and carrots and keep them aside.
  Take handful of peas in a bowl







Take a large pan and heat 1 tspn oil in it.

Add 1 tspn Black mustard seed (rai)





When the mustard seeds starts crackling, Add 20-25 Curry Leaves and stir for 20 seconds.





Now add 1 tbspn urad dal and roast it in the pan, till it turns golden brown  



 





Now add finely chopped onions and saute them till they get translucent.
Now add finely chopped carrot and peas and saute for 2-3 minutes.



Add 2 tspn salt
 
Add half tspn garam masala


Add half to 3/4 tspn chilli powder  




Keep sauting the vegetables and cook them on low flame for 5 minutes.
 




Now add finely chopped tomatoes
  
  


Chopped green chillies




And saute it for 2 more minutes.
 




Now add 4 glasses of water to the pan
And bring it to boil
(I take 1:4 ratio i.e 1 bowl sooji and 4 glasses of water)

  

 



  When the water starts boiling pour sooji in the pan
Do not pour the entire sooji at once....
Mix it in batches so that lumps are not formed.




 
Pour sooji like this as shown in the picture.




Mix it well and squeeze the juice of a lemon 

 


Garnish with coriander leaves.
Your sooji/ rawa upma is ready to be served.