11.11.11

Upma - Semiya or Vermicelli

Feel free to add or remove ingredients.

Semiya - 2 cups
Water - 2 cups
Salt*
Oil - 2 tbsp#
Mustard - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Onion - 1 medium, chopped
Curry leaf - 6
Green chilli - 1 ; slit
Carrot - 1 medium (chopped fine or grated)
Beans or frozen peas - 1/2 cup
Ghee - 1tsp
Coconut - 1/2 cup
Coriander leaf - 2 tbsp
*(Tip: The water must taste salted but not like sea water!)
#(Do not use olive or sesame. I use coconut, sunflower or vegetable)

Heat oil. Splutter the mustard and fry the urad dal until golden brown.
Tip in the onion, green chilli, green peas/beans, carrot and curry leaf.
Cover and cook on a low flame for 5 minutes.
Add the water, salt, ghee, coconut and coriander leaf.
Once it starts to boil, add the semiya ; mix well and cook covered on a low flame for a further 5 minutes till all the water gets absorbed.
Open and mix well.
Serve hot with pickle and/or coconut chutney.



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